Word: computerization
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All three networks installed elaborate computer systems programmed to digest early returns and forecast winners at the earliest possible moment. At CBS, the setup was VPA (Vote Profile Analysis). NBC offered EVA (Electronic Vote Analysis); ABC produced RSVP (Research Selected Vote Profile). Like wire-service leg men still dedicated to...
Industry, too, has begun to benefit from speeded speech as a time- and labor-saving device. For example, when you call the phone company to register a complaint, chances are that you're talking to a machine, who will record your gripe and play it back to the operator in...
Anthony G. Oettinger, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mathematics, and a director of Tact, foresaw large possibilities for the project once it gets out of the experimental stage. He said that Harvard will lease a giant IBM 360 computer next June that will be used solely in Project Tact.
Thirty television consoles in addition to the present two will be installed along with the new computer. These consoles, he said, could theoretically be placed anywhere in the University that is connected by a Harvard steam tunnel.
Ruyle is still seeking students who have computer problems that might be able to aid in the project's investigations. He said, however, "to deter anyone who might want to fool around for an hour just for kicks before a Bogie flick, that students who use Tact's facilities will...