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Cutting edge technologies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Academy of Engineering, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- High technology--Congresses.
- High technology.
- Technological innovations--Congresses.
- Technological innovations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. ; [Great Britain] : National Academy Press, 1984.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Experts in computers, biotechnology, structural materials, and transportation provide a concise introduction to the promising technologies in these four exciting fields that affect all of society. Each section begins with a brief overview of the field, followed by more detailed papers describing specific technological advances, their current and projected applications, and the obstacles that must be overcome to ensure future progress.
- Contents:
- Cutting Edge Technologies
- Copyright
- Contents
- PREFACE
- PART I COMPUTERS OF THE FUTURE
- Introduction
- Ultra Large Scale Integration And Beyond
- THEORETICAL LIMITS
- Transistors
- Resistors
- Interconnections
- Overview
- PRACTICAL LIMITS
- Feature Size
- Die Size
- Packing Efficiency
- Number of Components Per Chip
- ANALOGICAL LIMITS
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- The Evolution of Computer Systems
- Software and Unorthodox Architectures: Where Are We Headed?
- SOFTWARE
- FORTHCOMING SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES
- Geographically Distributed Systems
- Multiprocessor Systems
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
- PART II NEW FRONTIERS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Biochemical Engineering Solutions To Biotechnological Problems
- CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY
- BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY
- APPLICATIONS OF GENETIC ENGINEERING
- BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
- Biotechnology and Agricultural Research for Crop Improvement
- INTRODUCTION
- Location of DNA Within the Plant Cell
- CHOOSING A TARGET FOR BIOENGINEERING EFFORTS IN CROP IMPROVEMENT
- BIOENGINEERING FOR HERBICIDE RESISTANCE: ONE EXAMPLE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING STRATEGIES
- Naturally Occurring Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
- Molecular Basis of Triazine Herbicide Resistance
- Genetic Exchange Between Weeds and Crops
- Fusion of Cells from Weeds and Crops
- GENE TRANSFER VIA MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES
- Biotechnology for Health Care
- BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
- Production of Human Insulin
- Other Uses of Recombinant DNA
- CHALLENGES TO BE MET
- PART III ADVANCES IN STRUCTURAL MATERIALS
- Rapid Solidification Technology
- MICROSTRUCTURAL CONSEQUENCES OF RAPID SOLIDIFICATION
- RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED POWDERS
- Powder Production
- Conventional Consolidation
- Spray Consolidation.
- RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED FILAMENTS AND RIBBONS
- Melt Spinning
- Melt Extraction
- Twin Roller Quenching
- RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED SURFACE LAYERS
- Surface Melting (Glazing)
- Surface Alloying
- APPLICATIONS
- Powder Technology
- Thin Filament/Ribbon Technology
- Surface Modification Technology
- SUMMARY
- Exploring the Limits of Polymer Properties: Structural Components From Rigid-and Flexible-Chain Polymers
- RECENT APPLICATIONS
- THE JAPANESE CHALLENGE
- RECENT RESEARCH TOWARD HIGH-MODULUS POLYMERS
- FLEXIBLE-CHAIN POLYMERS
- RIGID-ROD POLYMERS
- High-Technology Ceramics
- POWDER PRODUCTION
- PRODUCING CERAMIC SHAPES
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOUGH CERAMICS
- STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS FOR HIGH-TECHNOLOGY CERAMICS
- PART IV TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY
- Air Technology: The Transport Vehicle and Its Development Environment
- TECHNOLOGY AND MARKET NEEDS
- DESIGN BUILDING BLOCKS
- READINESS: A NATIONAL PROBLEM
- A NEW AIR ENVIRONMENT
- INTEGRATION: A NEW DISCIPLINE
- Earth Walls
- EVOLUTION OF EARTH WALLS
- CURRENT REINFORCEMENT SYSTEMS FOR EARTH WALLS
- APPLICATIONS IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
- DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
- CONSTRUCTION
- COSTS
- THE FUTURE
- Bibliography
- Technological Opportunities and the Railroad Industry
- Biographical Sketches.
- Notes:
- Papers from a symposium convened by the National Academy of Engineering in connection with its annual meeting in November 1983.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610222209
- 9781280222207
- 1280222204
- 9780309594530
- 0309594537
- 9780585085104
- 0585085102
- OCLC:
- 559431740
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