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~ Tools Cabinet ~ [*3#] ~ (Most functions are under reconstruction)
The course offers a number of tools which intend to facilitate the course itself as well as technical work later on. Some features are well established while others are on the research stage.| 1: Internal Calling ~ [*31#] | Ocean's internal calling system. |
| 2: Wessel Counter ~ [*32#] | Calculator for complex functions. |
| 3: Slide Rule ~ [*33#] | Calculator for advanced form input. |
| 4: Field Service ~ [*34#] | Wireless pocket-Ocean. |
| 5: Talking Textbook ~ [*35#] | "Complex Potential" on the Stereo. |
| 6: Mobile Computing ~ [*36#] | Wave height pocket predictor. |
| 7: Audible Editor ~ [*37#] | Telephone editor AUDIT. |
| 8: Mobile Worker ~ [*38#] | Remote computer with AUDIT input. |
| 9: Course Forward ~ [*39#] | Status and future of the field service. |
The Internal Calling operates the call-boxes which provide direct transition between house activities and text-book material.
The Wessel Counter is a calculator particulary prepared for calculation with complex numbers and functions. The Norwegian surveyor Caspar Wessel (1745-1818) was the first to give a geometrical representation of complex numbers in 1797, (200 years in 1997). This was done prior to both Gauss and Argand.
The Slide Rule is a simpler calculator for algebraic operations and some selected mathematical functions. The number input fields in the computer forms accept Slide Rule input. That is: a mathematical expression may be given rather than the input number itself.
The remaining items are experiments on how to furnish a mobile and wireless field service in pocket format.
Honorary services - no responsibility for errors.