Bells no longer toll in the school yard to herald a new year. Those are relics of a simpler time. Now there are electronic buzzers, and the business of educating has grown increasingly complex.

Bells, buzzers and bleepers Today's babies and toddlers see adults using mobile phones and quickly come to recognise the ringing tones and musical tunes they make. They are surrounded by electronic ...

Patients at Kiama Hospital have been forced to use hand-held bells to summon help because a broken buzzer system has not been repaired for almost three weeks.Buzzers throughout the hospital were ...