pdbain@wateng.UUCP (Peter Bain) (01/02/85)
%A D.Christiansen %T High Tech Publishing %l journal-article %J Spectrum %I IEEE %V 21 %N 12 %D 1984 %m Dec. %O Electronics is exploited at the front end of today's publishing: can electronic output be far behind? %T 1984 Annual Index to IEEE Spectrum %l journal-article %J Spectrum %I IEEE %V 21 %N 12 %D 1984 %m Dec. %O Retrieval by author and subject for feature articles and book reviews, plus a news index %A F. Guterl %T Design Case History: Apple's Macintosh %l journal-article %J Spectrum %I IEEE %V 21 %N 12 %D 1984 %m Dec. %O A Small team of little-known designers, challenged to produce a low-cost, exceptionally easy-to-use personal computer, turns out a technical milestone %A P.N.T. Wells %T Medical Ultrasonics %l journal-article %J Spectrum %I IEEE %V 21 %N 12 %D 1984 %m Dec. %O As new techniques are perfected, ultrasonics extends its usefulness from diagnosis to research, therapy, and even surgery %A P. Wallich %T Engineering Workstations: A Field Report %l journal-article %J Spectrum %I IEEE %V 21 %N 12 %D 1984 %m Dec. %O Interviews with engineers who use CAE workstations yield mixed responses; the praise is dotted with complaints of too litlle power and excess complexity %A V. Truscello %A H.S. Davis %T Nuclear-Electric Power in Space %l journal-article %J Spectrum %I IEEE %V 21 %N 12 %D 1984 %m Dec. %O Nuclear reactor power systems have promise for many new applications in space, but design hurdles abound %A M.F. Wolff %T Riding the Biggest Wave %l journal-article %J Spectrum %I IEEE %V 21 %N 12 %D 1984 %m Dec. %O Entrepreneur Andrew Kay is betting that his brand of humanistic management will ensure Kaypro's survival in the turbulent PC waters %T Gems from the Deutches Museum %l journal-article %J Spectrum %I IEEE %V 21 %N 12 %D 1984 %m Dec. %O Noteworthy historical artifacts from this Munich showplace are described %A R.V. Jenkins %A P.B. Israel %T Thomas A. Edison: Flamboyant Inventor %l journal-article %J Spectrum %I IEEE %V 21 %N 12 %D 1984 %m Dec. %O Shrewd, but nonconformist in may respects, Edison helped create modern electrical engineering, yet never became a professional engineer himself -- - peter bain ...!{allegra|decvax|clyde|ihnp4 }!watmath!wateng!pdbain hard mail: CCNG, CPH-2369A, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. Canada N2M 5G4 telephone: (519) 885-1211 x2810