Technology priorities for the White House
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Technology-related issues facing the next US President are discussed, along with the stances and strategies of Democratic, Republican and third-party candidates. Republican George W Bush defers most details on technology to his campaign advisers. His senior technology adviser, former congressman Robert S. Walker, cut funding for some technologies in the 1990s and tried to kill off civilian technology programs. Democrat Al Gore is known for his technology savvy and has written a book on environmental issues. Ralph Nader, running on the Green Party ticket, favors breaking up Microsoft and is skeptical about technology controlled by large corporations. Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan has a protectionist agenda and opposes offshore high-tech outsourcing. Key issues facing whoever wins include the so-called digital divide, in which computer access is largely a privilege of middle and upper-income Americans; global warming, an issue to which the US is slow to respond; clean-air legislation; fuel prices; and Internet privacy.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2000
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The technology of text
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The effort of designers, pschologies and engieers in designing texts in different ways to improve readability is discussed in light of low resolution of computer screens that make reading difficult.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2007
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The trap technique toward a chip-based quantum computer
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The methods of enhancing the speed of information transfer between microprocessor chips during the design of quantum computers are described.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2007
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