Flights of the future
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British Aerospace's engineering director Dave Gardner believes that the 21st century's most important engineering trend will be the availability of information, particularly in the battlefield where control, communications and intelligence will be the key to success. In the civilian aerospace sector, Gardner predicts that airlines will be service providers, with aircraft operated by specialist companies and selling seats to different airlines. Materials, computers and manufacturing technologies will be the key to changing aircraft design, forecasts Gardner.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1999
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Palm-sized high power laser gets into the job
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Cutting Edge Optronics, part of McDonnell Douglas, has developed a new high output solid state YAG laser which can be held in the palm of the hand. The central YAG crystal is pumped by arrays of very small laser diodes on each side. The unit has output of 150W, and can be used instead of large flash lamp pumped devices. It ensure that no external light paths or robotically traversed focusing optics are required.
Publication Name: Eureka
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0261-2097
Year: 1995
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Babylon revisited?
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The Getty Center in Los Angeles, California officially opened in Dec 1997. The garden architect, Richard Meier, is known for designing starkly geometric and landscape projects and buildings. The Getty Center is surrounded by 600 acres of chaparral. The structure required a complex system of drip irrigation and drains because of its location.
Publication Name: The American Gardener
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9978
Year: 1998
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