Abstract: A method and a system for controlling an illumination level of a location is disclosed. The system includes: a light source, a light sensor, a processor and a memory. The method includes: calculating a light absorbance factor for the location, the light absorbance factor being a function of at least a distance of the location from the light sensor and an amount of light collected by the sensor in an area of the location upon an activation of the light source and calculating an illumination level based on the calculated light absorbance factor. The method further includes iteratively altering an illumination intensity of the light source until the calculated illumination level of the location is achieved.

Abstract: A sensor-selectable environment/experiment monitoring device including at least one selectable environment/experiment monitoring sensor operative to collect environment/experimental data and a sensor selector cover operable to provide access to at least a first one of the at least one selectable environment/experiment monitoring sensor and to simultaneously prevent access to at least a second one of the at least one selectable environment/experiment monitoring sensor.

Abstract: A computer system including a computer network, a multiplicity of network enabled portable computers, each including at least one sensor for sensing an operational status aspect thereof and a communicator for providing status information via the network and a maintenance center communicating via the computer network with the multiplicity of portable computers and being operative for automatically receiving the status information and for providing maintenance directives based thereon.

Abstract: A computer system including a computer network, a multiplicity of network enabled portable computers, each including at least one sensor for sensing an operational status aspect thereof and a communicator for providing status information via the network and a maintenance center communicating via the computer network with the multiplicity of portable computers and being operative for automatically receiving the status information and for providing maintenance directives based thereon.

Abstract: Teaching apparatus, which includes an experimental setup (50) at a laboratory site (32) and a teaching setup at a teaching facility (12) remote from the laboratory site. The laboratory site includes one or more experimental controls (38) for varying one or more parameters of an experiment performed by the experimental setup, one or more monitoring device (42, 44) which capture information relating to the experiment, and a first communications interface (34) which couples the experimental controls and monitoring devices to a network (28).

Abstract: A method for recording an experiment performed in an educational environment, including measuring data from the experiment at a plurality of times using a data logger, generating, using the data logger, respective indications of at least some of the times, and generating an audiovisual (A/V) record of the experiment. The method further includes incorporating the respective indications into the A/V record so as to form an annotated A/V record, storing the data and the annotated A/V record, recovering the respective indications of the times and a selected portion of the A/V record from the annotated A/V record, generating respective experimental results from the data responsive to the respective indications of the times, and storing the selected portion of the A/V record and the respective experimental results as an experiment report.