How the New Technology Works A Guide to High-Tech Concepts
Second Edition

Subjects:

• Science » Scientific Technology
• Science » Engineering
• Science » Science (General)
• Business » Computers/Business Technology

Reviews:

• The ordinary nontechnical reader will find the text easy to follow without any trace of talking down to the reader.... Most public librarians will find this a helpful reference work.
  —ARBA
• The volume is well organized....The book is well written, uses correct technical nomenclature, and provides current references for further reading. It also has a complete subject index at the end. I recommend Cone and Barnes-Svarney's How the New Technology Works highly for high school and college students, teaching professionals at the high school or college level, and general audiences.
  —Science Books & Films
• The presentations are appropriate for high school level students and adults....Since the information is quite basic, it will remain appropriate for research for several years.
  —Public Library Quarterly
• Provides concise and easy-to-understand presentations of selected high-tech topics.
  —E-Streams

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Seventeen Major High-Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
• Chip
• Cryogenics
• Digital Image Processing
• Electric Power Generation
• Fiber Optics
• Laser
• Machine Vision
• Medical Imaging
• Micromachining and Nanotechnology
• Networking
• Online Databases
• Optical Data Storage
• Robots
• Supercomputers
• Superconductivity
• High-Tech Principles and Concepts
• The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Communications
• Digital Signals
• Binary Numbers
• The Metric (SI) System
• Brief Descriptions of Selected High-Tech Items
• Bar Coding
• CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
• CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacture)
• CCDs (Charged-Coupled Devices)
• Ceramics
• Circuits
• Communications Satellites
• CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Holography
• Integrated Optics (IO)
• LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
• Microscopes
• Microwave Oven
• Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
• Planetary Spacecraft
• Radar
• Semiconductors
• Sensors
• Transistors
• Index