Word: micros
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Micro-optical systems to focus lasers to the precision required for fiber- optic communication...
...payoff can be enormous. As electronics manufacturers have discovered, the laws of economics at the micro level are as different as the laws of physics. A manufacturer might spend a small fortune putting hundreds of moving parts and circuits onto a single silicon chip. But when that chip goes into large-scale production and millions of copies are made, the economies of scale take over, and development costs virtually disappear...
...When Motorola developed Micro TAC, the first pocket-size cellular phone, engineers made the device sturdy enough to be dropped from a height of 4 ft. onto a concrete surface without breaking...
Philip M. Sadler, director of educational projects at the center, said Friday that the National Science Foundation (NSF) this summer approved the grant to fund the Micro Observatory, a project conceived by researchers at the center...
...addition to the Micro Observatory, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center sponsors three other educational programs, including a summer seminar for high school astronomy teachers, a project for incorporating astronomy into high school science courses and a project using computer simulations to teach advanced physical concepts at both the secondary and college level...