Toshiba agrees to buy Diasonics's imaging division

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Toshiba Corp will buy Diasonics Inc's magnetic resonance imaging division for $167.5 million, making General Electric Co the only US manufacturer in the medical diagnostic market. Magnetic resonance imaging is used to diagnose problems in the same manner as X-rays, but the new technique provides a better picture of the body's internal organs and tissues. Diasonics has been a leader in the young industry since the company was formed in 1984. Toshiba entered the US magnetic resonance market four years later with the creation of Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. Diasonics makes other diagnostic equipment, but its magnetic resonance unit accounted for 40 percent of its revenues. Diasonics' revenues for the qtr ended Jun 30 1989 were $86 million. The company is leaving the magnetic resonance market because of increasing price competition from such diversified competitors as Toshiba itself.

Electromedical equipment, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Medical equipment and supplies industry, Medical equipment industry, Magnetic resonance imaging, Imaging systems, Acquisition, Imaging Technology, Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc., Diasonics Inc., DIA

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Workstation law tentatively passed by San Francisco

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A law that regulates how private business treats employees who work on video display terminals (VDTs) is tentatively passed in San Francisco. The law, which is the first of its kind, requires employers to provide adjustable chairs, monitors and keyboards. Screen glare must also be attended to and employees must be allowed a 15 minute break every two hours. The law will take effect in 1992 if it is passed and though it is being praised for its attention to the health problems associated with working with VDTs, many in business are trying to get San Francisco's mayor Art Agnos to veto the legislation because it would require that they replace substandard equipment.

Laws, regulations and rules, Ergonomics, San Francisco, California, Video monitors, VDTs

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Computer illusionist: Myron Krueger makes computers fun

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Myron Krueger, 49, is a computer scientist with a penchant for performance art. His VideoPlace is a system that uses video cameras, televisions and computers to create 'artificial reality.' Participants in artificial reality can work and play with realistic computer animations; they can either don special clothing that inputs data onto screens or they can enter rooms that are specially designed with displays, cameras and computers. Krueger's crusade is to make computers fun rather than intimidating, super calculators. He holds a doctorate in computer science and has been running against the computer industry since the 1970s.

Usage, Innovations, Computers, Digital computers, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Computer scientists, Virtual reality, Computer simulation, Krueger, Myron

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