Word: computerizing
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This is the message of a new $10 million permanent exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington. Titled "Information Age: People, Information & Technology," the show brings together 700 objects and artifacts, ranging from Morse's telegraph to an early Apple computer. Through re-created...
In recent years computer companies have begun to sell software systems that emulate specific human expertise, raising fears that experts will be the next group to be replaced by computers. But there is little reason for concern. Unfounded claims that an artificial intelligence is around the corner date to the...
It has been all uphill ever since. In 1986 another MacCready creation, perhaps his most remarkable, swooped high over Death Valley while being photographed for the Smithsonian Institution's IMAX film On the Wing. It was an awesomely realistic, radio-controlled, computer-brained, wing-flapping replica of the largest creature...
In the summer after his sophomore year, for example, Knight worked at computer firm with his brother. He liked it so much that when soccer pre-season was nearing, and he still had several projects that required his presence, he decided that soccer would just have to wait.
Also announced were three Phi Beta Kappa awards for excellence in teaching. The recipients, who were nominated by undergraduates, were Associate Professor of Literature and of Comparative Literature Christopher S. Braider, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Meichun Hsu and Associate Professor of Sociology Lenore J. Weitzman.