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• ISBN: 031228439X
• ISBN: 9780312284398
• Physical Description: pages cm
• Edition: 1st edition
• Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2001.

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Home -- Digital Cameras Where a chip replaces film 2 -- Infrared Thermometers Seeing the heat 4 -- Hearing Aids Sounds get sharper 6 -- Camcorders Help for the jitters and shakes 8 -- TV Remote Don't touch that dial 10 -- V-chip Watching what gets watched 12 -- Surround Sound Music gets real 14 -- Stud Finders Electronic hide-and-seek 16 -- Metal Detectors Treasure-hunting without a map 18 -- Holiday Lighting A touch of Times Square at home 20 -- Robotic Lawnmowers Taking over the yard 22 -- Light-up Sneakers A surprise in every step 24 -- Electronic Fences Keeping Rover at home 26 -- Robotic Pets Man's new best friend 28 -- Singing Fish A gift that's more than skin deep 30 -- Musical Greetings Cards with some smarts 32 -- Computers and the Internet -- Digital vs. Analog Two ways to look at information 36 -- Chip In the heart of the computer 38 -- Processor Speed A look at how fast is fast 40 -- PC Crashes When bad things happen to good chips 42 -- LCD Screens Getting all your crystals in a row 44 -- Touch Screens A layered approach 46 -- Retinal Displays Sending data straight to the eye 48 -- Mouse From hand to screen 50 -- Touch Pads Control at your fingertips 52 -- Modems Linking computers to the world 54 -- Finding Web Addresses A numbers game 56 -- Sending Data Coming and going in bunches 58 -- Cookies Tempting tidbits for your computer 60 -- Compressing Data How much is just enough? 62 -- Compressing Music A wealth of formats 64 -- Encryption The key to unlocking messages 66 -- Flatbed Scanners Where analog turns to digital 68 -- Inkjet Printers Building images, puff by puff 70 -- Recordable CDs Burning with laser light 72 -- Pagers Simple messages, complicated delivery 74 -- Digital Pen A new way to write data 76 -- Entertainment and Sports -- Bike Computers Counting each stroke 80 -- Tennis Monitors The line judge that never blinks 82 -- Snow-making Coming to the aid of nature 84 -- Virtual First-Down Stripe On-screen magic 86 -- Bowling Alleys Beyond the pin spotter 88 -- Sailboat Racing Technology at the tiller 90 -- Laser Tag Old game, new approach 92 -- Betting Systems Keeping track of all the action 94 -- Pinball Machines The comfort of old technology 96 -- Music Kiosks Custom CDs while you wait 98 -- MIDI Music boiled down to the basics 100 -- Concert Hall Acoustics Applying science to art 102 -- Capturing Motion Cartoons get more lifelike 104 -- 3-D Movies More than just funny glasses 106 -- Laser Shows Melding music and light 108 -- Personal Tracking Device Keeping tabs on the kids 110 -- Business and Industry -- Global Positioning System Help from on high 114 -- Wind Generators Air power 116 -- Fuel Cells A battery that won't die 118 -- Power Grid Getting electrons from here to there 120 -- Oil Drilling A kinder and gentler industry 122 -- Fast Food Tracking everything from soup to nuts 124 -- Sewer Robots Stringing cable down under 126 -- Surveying Tools Accuracy gets an upgrade 128 -- Machine Vision A watch on the line 130 -- Face Recognition Feature-by-feature comparisons 132 -- Postal Technology Computers help move the mail 134 -- Bill readers Telling real from counterfeit 136 -- A.T.M.'s Money from a machine 138 -- Smart Elevators A smoother, quicker ride 140 -- Smart Plumbing Look, Ma, no hands 142 -- Bar Codes The symbols of commerce 144 -- Scanners Adding it up at the supermarket 146 -- Moving Images It's all in the lens 148 -- Electronic Ink Displays that are paper-thin 150 -- Recycling Tools for sorting the trash 152 -- Radio Spectrum Crowded airspace 154 -- Transportation -- Driving Simulator Virtual thrills and spills 158 -- Night Vision Military technology for the car 160 -- Stronger Headlights A clear look at the road ahead 162 -- Electronic Tolls Paying as you go, wirelessly 164 -- Synchronized Lights Coordinating the flow of traffic 166 -- Speeding Up Mass Transit Express buses roll on 168 -- Flight Recorders Offering clues when things go wrong 170 -- Emergency Beacon Watch A panic button for pilots 172 -- Science and Health -- Earth-Observing Satellites A view from above 176 -- Radar Mapping Bouncing signals off the ground 178 -- A Space Dust Collector Bringing it back home 180 -- Ion Propulsion From science fiction to fact 182 -- Weather Radar An eye on troubled skies 184 -- Sensor Fish Bumped and battered in the name of science 186 -- Satellite Tracking Finding out when the cows come home 188 -- A Camera in a Pill A fantastic voyage through the body 190 -- Remote-Control Surgery At work in tight spots 192 -- Laser Vision Correction Better sight for tired eyes 194.

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