Trying to take the cable out of cable television
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Bernard Bossard is the inventor of a technology that uses high-frequency microwaves for transmitting television signals. Because signals can be picked up using small antennas (an antenna 4.5 inches square is the equivalent of a dish three feet in diameter), Bossard's frequency modulated (FM)-based system eliminates cabling. Cellular technology is used to overcome problems caused by distance, and interference among signals from multiple transmitters is minimized by polarizing transmissions into 'vertical' and 'horizontal' signals and pairing vertical cells with horizontal ones. In the week of Dec 7, 1992, Bossard's technology was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for use in the New York area. Bossard has formed a company called Cellular Vision of New York Inc.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1992
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Slicing and molding by computer
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Rapid prototyping, which translates computer data into physical objects quickly, is increasingly being used by industrial companies such as Baxter Healthcare. A manufacturer of hospital supplies, Baxter draws on rapid prototyping technology to create models of new products that will be shown to its marketing representatives. The company also uses the technology to produce new lines of needle-less connectors and intravenous solution equipment. Baxter officials say rapid prototyping allows a reduction of development time of 50 percent, and assures a competitive edge in an era that requires getting new products quickly to market. Computer industry researchers are working toward making rapid prototyping as easy as ordering a printout by the middle of the 1990s.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1993
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