The limit to shrinking
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One of Chuck Estes' projects at Convair in San Diego in the early 1950s was data processing for the F-102 delta wing fighter aircraft. It was Estes' job to watch strip charts during F-102 testing when the jet passed through Mach 1 in a climb. A UNIVAC 1102 was used to process the data from the tests. The computer had 128 32K-bits of main memory and filled an entire room. In 1986, Estes was introduced to nanotechnology, or 'molecular manufacturing,' which promised thorough and inexpensive control of the structure of matter, as well as manufacturing processes that would be free of pollution, physical disease and material poverty. According to MIT's Eric Drexler, nanotechnology's requirements are designs and tools, such as assemblers capable of moving molecules into desired positions. Scanning tunneling microscopes now provide this capability, albeit crudely, allowing anyone with a good graphics workstation to start a design immediately. A usable system implementing nanotechnology is certain to arrive.
Publication Name: SIMULATION
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0037-5497
Year: 1992
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Something for everyone at Indianapolis
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The Society of Newspaper Design will have its next annual convention at Indianapolis which will have something interesting for everybody. There will be two sessions for journalism educators, and a supertrack on new media; three sessions for powerhouse pagination; eight session to train people for whom design is a new area altogether. The society has shifted downtown Providence, RI. Its facilities such as the computer system have been improved to serve all its members effectively.
Publication Name: Design
Subject: Architecture and design industries
ISSN: 1520-4243
Year: 1996
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Realm of whales
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Saguenay--St Lawrence Marine park jointly operated by the Canadian and Quebec governments to protect the fjords and the areas marine life including the endangered Beluga whale which live here round. A complete guideline to the area once the visitors reach Tadoussac, to enjoy whale watching either from boats or from several places on land inside the marine park is provided.
Publication Name: Nature Canada
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0374-9894
Year: 2004
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