Digital imaging: computers film real world with MacVision
The article explains using a computer as a digital imaging system. MacVision interfaces Macintosh with video cameras to digitize real images in about five seconds. Images print, retouch, or transfer over phone lines, enabling new uses in documents, cards, inventories, and personal makeovers.
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Koala Technologies
Patrick Henry
Santa Clara
Calif
Commodore
Digital Vision
Oak St
Needham
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U.S. Science Journals Reach Far Overseas Amid Growth
Foreign editions of Scientific American and related titles are widely circulated in the Soviet Union China and Europe. Mir Publishing in Moscow prints Russian editions while China Russia and other nations adapt translations and distributions under local contracts.
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New York Times
New York
Scientific American
Soviet Union
Peking
Discover Magazine
United States
Time Inc
Shanghai
Science News
China
Reagan
Jonathan Piel
Mir Publishing
Piel
Institute For Scientific and Technological Information
Chongqing
Sea temperature and wind from satellite patent noted
U S patent grants cover a NASA sea surface temperature and wind speed measurement method by Joseph M. Stacey of JPL California. The system uses widely spaced buoys and a satellite microwave antenna to study small sea areas and aid military and fisheries uses. An onboard tire inflation system for heavy vehicles by Eaton Corp Cleveland, controllable from the cab, was also patented.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Joseph M. Stacey
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California
Eaton Corp
Cleveland
New York Times
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