How the New Technology Works

ROBERT J. CONE was formerly unit director of procurement in the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories in Rochester, NY. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Mathematical Association of America. His articles have appeared in several national business journals. He is the author of the first edition of Key to High-Tech: A User-Friendly Guide to the New Technology. Cone is currently completing a biography of the Austrian logician, Kurt Godel.PATRICIA BARNES-SVARNEY has an extensive background in the physical sciences and has worked as a geomorphologist, physical oceanographer, and geochemist. Ms. Barnes-Svarney is the author of numerous books including Weather Around the World (with Thomas Svarney)e Handy Dinosaur Book (with Thomas Svarney)w the New Technology Works (with Robert Cone)teroid: Earth Destroyer or New Frontier?d Comparing the Planets: Travelers Guide to the Solar System. She has also contributed to the award winning The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference. Additionally, her credits include over 350 articles for such magazines as Popular Science, Astronomy, Air & Space, Technology Review, Omni, and USAir.

• Preface Seventeen Major High-Tech Artificial Intelligence Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Chip Cryogenics Digital Image Processing Electric Power Generation Fiber Optics Laser Machine Vision Medical Imaging Micromachining and Nanotechnology Networking Online Databases Optical Data Storage Robots Supercomputers Superconductivity High-Tech Principles and Concepts The Electromagnetic Spectrum Communications Digital Signals Binary Numbers The Metric (SI) System Brief Descriptions of Selected High-Tech Items Bar Coding CAD (Computer-Aided Design) CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacture) CCDs (Charged-Coupled Devices) Ceramics Circuits Communications Satellites CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) Global Positioning System (GPS) Holography Integrated Optics (IO) LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Microscopes Microwave Oven Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Planetary Spacecraft Radar Semiconductors Sensors Transistors Index