OF THE DISPLAYS BASED UPON NEW TECHNOLOGIES . SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ARE : COMPARISON OF DISPLAYS SIMULATED ACCORDING TO USER ACCEPTABILITY CRITERIA ; CONDUCTING A LIMITED NUMBER OF ERGONOMIC EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO SIMULATE PROLONGED OFFICE WORK CONDITIONS TO OBTAIN MORE INSIGHT INTO ARCHITECTURAL AND TECHNOLOGY FACTORS RELATED TO QUALITY AND " VISUAL CONFORT " .
A-TYPE PROPOSALS ARE INVITED .
. FLAT PANEL WORKSTATION DESIGN . ( TYPE A )
OBJECTIVES
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO CONTRIBUTE , THROUGH THE EMERGENCE A VARIETY OF ADVANCED FLAT PANELS , TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF ERGONOMY AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF O . S . WORKSTATIONS , AND TO THE RE-EVALUATION OF THE WORKSTATION CONCEPT THAT WILL LEAD TO SEVERAL CLASSES OF WORKSTATIONS SUCH AS " CLASSICAL " MULTI-MEDIA WORKSTATIONS , LARGE WALL DISPLAYS AND PLANNING-PANELS , MOBILE WORKSTATIONS , WRITE-VIEW TABLETS , ETC .
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS IN THE MEDIUM AND LONG TERM BY A WIDE RESEARCH PROGRAMME THAT LEADS TO A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPES OF SUCH STATIONS .
THE RESULTS OF INTENSIVE RESEARCH ON NEW DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES SUGGEST , THAT A SERIES OF DISPLAYS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE WITH A VARIETY OF STEADILY IMPROVING CHARACTERISTICS IN TERMS OF SIZE , RESOLUTION , SPEED , COLOUR , GREY LEVELS , DIRECT DATA ENTRY , ENERGY CONSUMPTION , ROBUSTNESS , VIEWING ANGLES , PRICE .
PROGRAMME ( - ) AND INTERMEDIATE OBJECTIVES ( * ) :
YEAR 1 :
- CLASSIFYING FUTURE ( WORK ) STATIONS INCORPORATING FLAT PANEL TECHNOLOGIES
- IDENTIFICATION OF DISPLAY CHARACTERISTICS NEEDED FOR A FIRST GENERATION OF PROTOTYPES ( DEFINITION , COLOUR , GREY LEVELS , DIRECT DATA ENTRY )
- IDENTIFICATION OF THE STATE-OF-THE-ART BASIC TECHNOLOGIES NECESSARY TO SATISFY THE IDENTIFIED REQUIREMENTS
- TRADE-OFF AND ADJUSTMENT OF REQUIREMENTS AND AVAILABLE BASIC TECHNOLOGIES , LEADING TO DISPLAY SPECIFICATIONS FOR PROTOTYPING
- FEEDING RESULTS OF ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATE BASIC TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INTO A FUTURE GENERATION OF FLAT DISPLAYS .
* 12 MONTHS : CLASSIFICATION OF FUTURE FLAT PANEL ( WORK ) STATIONS
YEAR 2 :
- COMPLETION OF FIRST GENERATION EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPES OF FLAT DISPLAY STATIONS BASED ON AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY
YEAR 3 :
- TEST AND EVALUATION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL WORKSTATIONS INTEGRATING THE FIRST GENERATION PROTOTYPES OF FLAT DISPLAYS
- IDENTIFICATION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE FOR NEXT GENERATION FLAT DISPLAY PROTOTYPES
- ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIFICATIONS OF A SECOND GENERATION OF FLAT PANEL DISPLAY PROTOTYPES
* 25 MONTHS : DEMONSTRATION OF FIRST EXPERIMENTAL FLAT PANEL WORKSTATIONS
* 36 MONTHS : UPDATED CLASSIFICATION OF FUTURE FLAT PANEL ( WORK ) STATIONS
YEAR 4 :
- PROTOTYPING THE SECOND GENERATION OF FLAT PANEL DISPLAY ( WORK ) STATIONS
YEAR 5 :
- COMPLETING THE INTEGRATION OF THE SECOND GENERATION OF FLAT DISPLAY PROTOTYPES
* 50 MONTHS : DEMONSTRATION OF SECOND GENERATION FLAT PANEL ( WORK ) STATIONS
A-TYPE AND B-TYPE PROPOSALS ARE INVITED .
. HIGH RESOLUTION VIDEO IMAGER .
THE RESEARCH INTO HIGH RESOLUTION SCANNERS AND THEIR INTEGRATION INTO OFFICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS .
B-TYPE PROPOSALS INVITED .
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