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Vernier Software & Technology is an educational software and equipment company based in Portland, Oregon that produces sensors and graphing software for use in science education. Vernier was one of the first companies〔(A History of Probeware )〕 to popularize the use of computers and sensor technology, known as "probeware"〔(Concord Consortium )〕 or "Microcomputer Based Labs" (MBL), during laboratory experiments. ==History== ''Software & Technology'' was founded in Portland, Oregon in 1981 in the home of David Vernier, a high-school physics teacher, and Christine Vernier, a local business manager.〔(The Caliper, Fall 2006 )〕 The first software programs developed by David Vernier were scientific simulations for Apple II computers. In 1982, David developed the program ''Graphical Analysis'', which allowed an individual to manually enter data into a table and display the data as a graph. That year the company started producing data-acquisition software and providing instructions for individuals to build their own sensors. Gradually the company expanded the product line to include software for other computers using the DOS operating system and for Macintosh computers. In the late 1980s, the company started producing assembled temperature sensors, and many other types of sensors, such as photogates and motion detectors for studying moving objects.〔(The Physics Teacher volume 30 Nov 1992 p484 ) (subscription required)〕 In 1990, the ''Universal Lab Interface'' (ULI) and the ''MultiPurpose Lab Interface'' (MPLI), along with software to run on both Macintosh and Windows computers, was introduced, quickly followed by the introduction of the ''Serial Box Interface''. In 1994, Vernier began collaboration with Texas Instruments to support data collection on graphing calculators, after Texas Instruments introduced the ''Calculator-Based Laboratory'' (CBL). In 1996, Vernier developed ''Logger Pro'', a general-purpose data collection and analysis computer program, which after many revisions is now called ''Logger Pro 3''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vernier Software & Technology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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