Stevens students lead U.S. push to own microcomputers
At Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken 80 freshmen were required to buy Atari 800 microcomputers starting last September and by next fall all 500 freshmen will share the obligation, a move aimed at making students fluent with computers as a desk tool and within organizations.
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Hoboken
N.J
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens
Clarkson College
Potsdam
N.Y
Joseph Moeller Jr
University of Iowa
Philip Hubbard
Hubbard
U of I
Super Pac-man adds frills to classic arcade play
The Arcade column describes Super Pac-man with hamburgers and power gates, a oversized form after eating pulsating dots, and a Super Speed button. It notes a high score of 53 640 by the reader and cites Mike Schneider’s national high of 1 233 410 from Electronic Games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Schneider
California
Electronic Games
B O B Robot Debuts At CES In Chicago
California based Androbot plans to market B O B Brains on Board for about 3000 dollars in August. The 3 foot home robot can teach languages play games patrol a house and fetch a beer from a fridge. Marketing manager Rick Gibson says children look it in the eye while adults treat it like a pet.
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B.O.B
Delvers
Tom Neff
Androbot, Inc
Chicago
Androbot
Rick Gibson
Computer data protection patent granted to NBS researchers
Two scientists at the National Bureau of Standards in Gaithersburg Maryland were granted a patent for a method of scrambling and unscrambling information within a computer. The system mixes data electronically so only the originator or an informed recipient can read it using a 16 digit key. An electronic apparatus for the security functions has been built and tested with various computers. The financial sector eyeing encryption may adopt this as part of a voluntary cryptographic key management standard.
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National Bureau of Standards
Gaithersburg
Miles E. Smid
Dennis K. Branstad
Financial Community
Ozone pool cleaner patent filed by McBride in New Jersey
Thomas D. McBride of Westwood New Jersey received a patent for an ozone pool cleaner. The generator uses a pump to drive air across rotor blades to create high voltage sparks and a corona discharge. Prototype tests show reduced bacteria and lower chlorine needs. several companies eye manufacture.
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Thomas D. McBride
Westwood, N.J
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