The electric century
Article Abstract:
Electrical technologies were largely responsible for making the 20th century more characterized by change than any other century inhistory. Significant milestones include the following: the spread of electrical power; telecommunications; household appliances; factory automation; radio and television; movies, videos, and other sources of of information and entertainment; electronics for aviation and space exploration; instruments for scientific research; health technologies; and computers and the Internet.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2000
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Unhooking medicine
Article Abstract:
The FCC allocated 14 MHz for Wireless medical Telemetry Service (WMTS) in summer 2000, but not everyone is pleased. For one thing, medical device companies, such as Agilent Technologies, GE, Siemens and SpaceLabs Medical, are being forced to develop fixes for existing products and new technologies for the next generation of wireless telemetry. For another thing, hospitals will have to adapt to what is, in effect, an accelerated replacement cycle.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2001
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Fiber optics without fiber: beaming light through the air offers the speed of optics without the expense of fiber
Article Abstract:
Free-space optics (FSO), also known as fiber-free optical communication, offers an economical way to transmit full-duplex data at gigabit-per-second rates over distances of a few city blocks to a few kilometers. FSO systems cost about a fifth as much as comparable ground-based fiber-optics arrangements, and installing an FSO system is relatively simple and fast.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2001
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic: