1.   The education system is letting down our children.

2.   And the testing system frequently lets drivers slip through without accreditation.

3.   Another system lets blind students conduct research on CD-ROM encyclopedias by reading the information to them with a speech synthesizer converting it to Braille.

4.   As envisioned, the system would let people send and receive video and large volumes of data from relatively inexpensive transmitters in the most remote parts of the earth.

5.   -- Interactive television systems such as AOLTV let friends miles apart chat while watching shows together.

6.   A second system lets investors specify the exact shares they want sold.

7.   A two-way teleconferencing system lets Mom or Dad have face-to-face meetings with their office.

8.   But by playing traffic cop, the Home Wireless system might let a user get by with two lines, linking only the devices in use.

9.   Eventually, the system should let doctors order lab tests and prescriptions, consult electronically and search medical information databases.

10.   For instance, the QVTech system lets you prevent the recipient from forwarding a copy to others, or from printing out a copy.