pdbain@wateng.UUCP (Peter Bain) (10/23/84)
%A D. Christiansen %T Science for Life or Death %P 31 %J Spectrum %I IEEE %D Oct. 1984 %V 21 %N 10 %X comments on the engineer's responsibility concerning the application and control of military technology %A J.F. McDonald %A E.H. Rogers %A K. Rose %A A.J. Steckl %T The Trials of Wafer-Scale Integration %P 32-39 %J Spectrum %I IEEE %D Oct. 1984 %V 21 %N 10 %X Although major technical problems have been overcome since WSI was first tried in the 1960s, commercial companies can't yet make it fly %A G. Zorpette %T High-Tech Batteries for Power Utilities %P 40-47 %J Spectrum %I IEEE %D Oct. 1984 %V 21 %N 10 %X Load levelling and peak shaving are attractive reasons for power companies and customers alike to to encourage development of advanced batteries %A P. Wallich %T A Review of Engineering Workstations %P 48-53 %J Spectrum %I IEEE %D Oct. 1984 %V 21 %N 10 %X These powerful computers are to the engineer what word processors are to the secretary: no panacea, but a useful aid %A R.K. Jurgen %T More Electronics in Detroit's 1985 Models %P 54-60 %J Spectrum %I IEEE %D Oct. 1984 %V 21 %N 10 %X Bells and whistles take a back seat to functional, efficient design and to the integration of design %A G. Heffron %T Teleconferencing Comes of Age %P 61-66 %J Spectrum %I IEEE %D Oct. 1984 %V 21 %N 10 %X Electronic meetings enter a new age, thanks to personal computers, video printers, slide projectors, and bright graphics, among other tools %A T.S. Perry %T TV Networks Vie for Viewer's Votes %P 68-75 %J Spectrum %I IEEE %D Oct. 1984 %V 21 %N 10 %X Sophisticated computer graphics will be the key as TV technologists compete to speedily convert 1984 election results into exciting home images %T Gems from the Science Museum %P 76-77 %J Spectrum %I IEEE %D Oct. 1984 %V 21 %N 10 %X Five electrotechnical artifacts are selected as representative of the outstanding historical collection of London's Science Museum %T Wescon '84: Focus on Local Area Networks %P 77-78 %J Spectrum %I IEEE %D Oct. 1984 %V 21 %N 10 %X New standards for LANs - and ways of conforming to them - are a prime topic at the Anaheim Calif. meeting Oct. 30 - Nov. 2