Word: computerization
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Electronic computers are rapidly becoming the oracles of industry. As machines and processes become more complex, problems can become too involved for quick solution by old methods and too vital for trial-and-error testing. Designing a new product-an electronic tube, for instance -may call for thousands of lengthy...
this week opened a "computer center" at Princeton. The building is a large stone house built in 1947 by two well-heeled Philadelphia sisters to house a 12 ft. by 14 ft. copy of Rembrandt's Night Watch.
Graphic Answer. The main unit, a large analogue computer, is rigged so that it can handle a great variety of jobs.
If a client has mathematicians of his own, he can take home a "patch panel": a metal rectangle containing hundreds of small, marked holes. By connecting the proper holes with plug-in wires, he translates his problem into language that the computer can understand. When the panel is inserted in...
¶ In making a blood count, technicians have to look through microscopes to determine the number of red cells in diluted blood samples. This takes time, and sometimes technicians make mistakes. Now researchers at Manhattan's Sloan-Kettering Institute, working with electronics experts, have found a more foolproof blood...