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The heart of the sensor is a tiny ceramic disk that vibrates 80,000 times per second, except when damped by a liquid. As the liquids from the two tanks fall below the level of the sensors, they begin to vibrate, sending a signal to a computer". Acoustica's...
ASROC, developed by Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. under the direction of the Naval Ordnance Test Station, can attack a submerged submarine almost as soon as it is detected by sonar. The boxlike launcher on the destroyer contains eight missiles. A digital computer, with superhuman speed, notes the roll, pitch, course...
Best Moment. From the sonar the computer gets the distance, bearing, depth, course and speed of the submarine. It combines all these factors and tells the launcher to point accordingly. When the destroyer commander decides that the best moment has come, he fires one or more missiles. The submarine does...
On the serenely stabilized platform are mounted three spring-suspended weights, each to keep track of motion in a different direction. The lagging behind (or pushing ahead) of each weight is reported to a computer that works out the missile's speed and direction. The computer has been told...
Serious Crisis. None of the panaceas proposed by self-appointed healers of the medical profession offer much hope. Mechanization and automation with punch cards and computer diagnoses might help a physician to treat more patients, but not the way they want to be treated. Crash programs for research intensify the...