The Professionals: Experts in Short Supply

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The United States lacks adequately educated engineers in the field of manufacturing processes and technology. Japan trains and rewards more engineers in this field and so has better manufacturing professionals than the United States. Universities emphasize research more than industrial experience, thus attracting few manufacturing experts. Industry is attempting to upgrade manufacturing engineering courses in universities and educators are seeking government aid.

Universities and colleges, Education, Manufacturing, Automation, Industrial engineering, Japan, United States, Engineering Education

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Networks: Wiring a Nation

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Next-generation computers would belong to a network that would allow them to communicate as if they are all part of the same machine. Software presents a problem to this, and distributed operating systems provide some solutions. Distributed data bases would enable information from all computers to be available for each other. Software for such a task must avoid interference between computers.

Technological forecasting, Networks, Future of Computing, Distributed Database, Distributed databases, Network Operating System, Distributed Operating Systems, Network operating systems

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Militarization: Peace or War?

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The creation of a new Air Force organization called Space Command signals a shift in military presence in space. A perceived build-up of Soviet military in space has led some United States defense people to call for increased technology in this area. Antisatellite weapons, laser weapons, and team weapons are seen to be important technologies.

Satellites (Astronomical bodies), Satellites, Space Craft, Military

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