Supermarket's futuristic outlet
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Supermarket's futuristic outlet Metro's Future Store in Rheinberg near Dutch border is a haven for shoppers in the industrialized world. Customers here can use a number of gizmos which promise speed comfort, fun, scales and digital cameras, multimedia kiosks and carts fitted with a small computer which allows one to call up the day's scales bargain and tally one's own purchases.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2004
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Europe's semiconductor makers are back in the game; introducing 300-mm wafers has been one of several reasons
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European semiconductor manufacturers are doing well in spite of the ongoing economic slowdown. European chipmakers are at the cutting edge of a new 300-mm wafer technology.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2003
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Telephone TV
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The emergence of television-broadcast technology to mobile phones in Germany, Northern America and South Korea is examined.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2005
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