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Orcutt added that the machine will supplement the Mark IV computer, presently being used at the University, since the "704" will be capable of far more extensive calculations than its predecessor.
Plans for the construction of a $4,000,000 laboratory, to be built at M.I.T. by the International Business Machine Co., will allow Harvard and 22 other universities to share in the operation of the giant "704" computer. The device will be the center of the laboratory.
Under Russell, the Southern Pacific has concentrated on research and electronics to improve its service, developed a hydraulic, shock-absorbing coupling gear that permits freight cars to be slammed together without damage. The Southern Pacific has saved itself $1,000,000 yearly by putting inventories under the control of an...
Guidance Problem. For advanced missiles, guidance is a more serious problem than propulsion. Two guiding systems are of obvious value for an ICBM, and both are being developed. One, under contracts with American Bosch Arma, AC Spark Plug and M.I.T., is "inertial guidance." Its heart is a subtle instrument that...
The alternative system ("radio inertial") uses a similar instrument in the missile, but readings that show the missile's behavior are sent back to the launching site by radio waves. Then a computer on the ground tells the missile, also by radio, what to do. Each system has its...