computer science

Oregon Scientific

Oregon Scientific is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Oregon Scientific rather than just read about it. In short: Oregon Scientific, Inc. is a manufacturer of electronics including digital clocks, home weather stations, public alert monitors, fitness devices, toys and globes. The firm was started in 1989 in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Key takeaways

Oregon Scientific belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Oregon Scientific to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Oregon Scientific from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Oregon Scientific, Inc. is a manufacturer of electronics including digital clocks, home weather stations, public alert monitors, fitness devices, toys and globes. The firm was started in 1989 in Portland, Oregon, United States. In 1997, the company became a fully owned subsidiary of IDT (Integrated Display Technology), a Hong Kong–based company.

Products

OSI and its parent company introduced the world's slimmest MP3 player at the time, and the first digital, personal monitor for air quality. The company is known for its WeatherNow weather station built for home use that uses FM radio signals from MSN Direct to provide 4-days of regional weather information. Oregon Scientific made the first stand alone waterproof MP3 player.

In 2007, CES Innovations award winners included the ATC2K Waterproof Action Cam, the Talking Wireless BBQ/Oven Thermometer and the WeatherNow II. Their Pendant MP3 Player and Waterproof MP3 player received awards for innovation at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show. In 2003, OSI partnered with SMaL, Axia and Fujifilm to produce a credit card-sized digital camera. Other products include a waterproof digital video camera, an alarm clock designed by Philippe Starck (a French designer), a pedometer that keeps seven days' worth of data, and an electronic UV monitor among others. The company introduced the Meep! tablet marketed for children in 2012.

History

In 2000, one of the company's weather radios was recalled for errors in reporting severe weather warnings. In 2005 to 2006, the company opened its own retail stores with locations in Los Angeles, Palo Alto and Tualatin. These stores round out their retail locations currently in Italy, China, Singapore and Hong Kong. The French subsidiary, Oregon Scientific France SARL, has been liquidated in December 2020. The UK subsidiary, Oregon Scientific (UK) Ltd., is in the process of being struck off by Companies House (April 2022) following the difficult trading conditions during the global Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit when the UK left the European Common Market. In 2021, Oregon Scientific launched its rebranded range of home weather stations moving away from their numbering format to named. These were named after astrometric events in the Solar System: Moon, Venus, Eclipse, Mars etc. These continue to be produced by IDT International and distributed globally through limited channels.

References

External links Hoovers: IDT International (parent company) IDT International Limited's website

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Oregon Scientific

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Oregon Scientific claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Oregon Scientific before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Oregon Scientific ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Oregon Scientific

In research: Oregon Scientific appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Oregon Scientific in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Oregon Scientific is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1989 establishments in Oregon, Companies based in Tualatin, Oregon, Computer companies of the United States, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Oregon Scientific outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Oregon Scientific in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Oregon Scientific means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Oregon Scientific out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Oregon Scientific in simple terms?

Why does Oregon Scientific matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Oregon Scientific?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Oregon Scientific.