Electric tales
Article Abstract:
The basic technology for electronic books was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Electronic books will use electronic ink and can typeset itself using instructions from a modem or electronics in its spine. It may be commercially available in a few years.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1997
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Point & zoom
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The features of 35mm and APS compact camera models are examined. These include the Canon Elph 370Z, the Fuji Endeavor 3500ix Zoom MRC, the Nikon Nuvis 160I, the Olympus Stylus Zoom 80 Wide DLX, the Pentax IQ Zoom 200, the Rollei QZ35T and the Yashica Profile Zoom 4000ix.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1998
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The last hero pilot
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Chuck Yeager holds the record of having been the first pilot to break the sound barrier at Mach 1.06 in 1947. At 74, Yeager still does test flights except that the planes he is using are no longer supersonic.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1998
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