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Word: readouts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they go past. Already in use in 14 states and now being evaluated by 33 others, VASCAR, which was invented by Arthur M. Marshall, a Richmond real estate agent and lifelong tinkerer, will soon come out in a more sophisticated form, with a digital computer and readout substituted for the current mechanical computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Highway: Versatile VASCAR | 2/9/1968 | See Source »

...that has been scanned. By reconstructing three such photographs taken with sounds of different frequencies, the scientists believe that they wil soon be able to make multicolored sound pictures of even greater accuracy. The oscilloscope pattern can also be fed into a computer rather than being filmed, for rapid readout that shows a two-dimensional image for quick identification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Acoustics: Making 3-D Pictures with Sound | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

...system is such that a NORAD officer can point to a mark on the headquarters battle map, indicating a plane above Siberia, push a readout button and, in seconds, learn the plane's height, speed, direction and how long it would take to reach any major U.S. city. If a strike should come, NORAD's fighter-interceptors are so equipped that a single commander on the ground can, through computers, coordinate hundreds of them in a defensive attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: Eyes Toward the Sky | 1/12/1962 | See Source »

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