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Word: computerize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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As a result of its success, Operation Banco may become a prototype for narcotics investigations across the nation. DEA agents in New York City are already working with the IRS and the Federal Reserve Bank. The Government hopes that the ubiquitous computer will prove to be the best sleuth yet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Tuna Catch | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

The immediate focus of U.S. ire is Japan's reluctance to open up enough of its government contracts to foreign bidders. Specifically, the U.S. wants to be allowed to bid on high-technology items like computers and switching equipment bought by the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (NTT). But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Japan Risks Retaliation | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

The technology for talking cars comes off the Dallas drawing boards of Texas Instruments Inc., which has come up with a computer chip, costing less than $5 to manufacture, that synthesizes the human voice. So far, TI has used the chip only in its $60 talking learning aid for children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Look Ma, I'm Talking | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

Speech patterns, like other sound waves, can be charted by assigning a numerical value to each point on the wave. These numbers are then run through a computer in sequence, and the numerical input is converted into sound by electrical impulses. The tremendous increase in computer memory power during the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Look Ma, I'm Talking | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

Three years ago, Telesensory Systems Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., came out with its Speech Plus talking calculator, which sounds out the numbers and the functions that are punched in. Price: $395. Next year Telesensory hopes to produce a computer for the blind that will scan a printed page and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Look Ma, I'm Talking | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

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