The birth of the blues: opto-electronics
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The next wave in optoelectronic storage involves the use of blue lasers, whose shorter wavelength may provide four times the storage capacity of infrared laser devices. IBM is developing a system to turn laser light blue by beaming it through a crystal.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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Strategic shopping: consumer behaviour
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Grocery scanner data are being used to measure the shopping behaviors of consumers. Using such data, officials at Chicago's IRI have defined four types of consumers: 'rotators,' 'long loyals,' 'deal sensitives,' and 'price sensitives.'
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Vehicular valhalla: consumer electronics
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Japanese companies have introduced a number of new electronic gadgets for automobiles, including navigation systems. The use of such systems has been boosted by the success of the Global Positioning System during the Persian Gulf War.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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