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There were products to help people manage a herd of cattle, plan a diet, plot an airline route, schedule a tooth extraction. A California firm called Psycomp even offered packages that promise relief from stress, depression, rocky relationships and sexual inadequacy. There were naturally lots of games like Mr. Robot and His Robot Factory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: The Stepchild Comes of Age | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

...colorful twist to "Creatures of Levania" (Kepler's dreamy inhabitants of the Moon which he claims. "By combining nature with art,... can take refuge at the bottom of the deep waters.") The compressed, off-beat bass and high, clipped synthesizer sound like portions of Alan Parson's robot music, but the song is infused with Steamroller-style life through the flowing keyboard lead, which sounds like a space-aged vibraphone played by a master planist (a strange coincidence, as the keyboardist is Jackson Berkey, Juliard graduate and Baldwin grand piano champion...

Author: By Martin Kalz, | Title: Baroque Rock | 3/2/1984 | See Source »

...candidate of the Christian (NonLawyer) Committee; and Elijah the Prophet, 40, of New York City, who sent the FEC a bonus along with his registration papers: a copy of his book, The Time of the End. But surely the wave of the future is a beeping Baltimore independent, Rebecca Robot, who pledges "high-tech jobs for people." A nation governed by a robot? She, or rather it, would certainly be the ultimate machine politician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somebody for Everybody | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...crew will try to recover and repair a $150 million scientific satellite called Solar Max (for Solar Maximum Mission), which was launched in February 1980, at the approaching peak of the solar cycle, to gather information on the effects of the sun's activities on the earth. The robot observatory has been crippled for the past three years because of a minor electrical problem. Flying to the satellite with his manned maneuvering unit (MMU), an astronaut will attach himself to the ailing bird. Then he will use the force of the MMU'S jets to arrest the satellite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Orbiting with Flash and Buck | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

...cargo bay, Astronauts Bruce McCandless II, 46, and Robert Stewart, 41, both of whom are making their initial shuttle trips, will be rehearsing the first repair of a satellite in orbit. That is slated to take place in April, when astronauts attempt to retrieve and revive a $150 million robot scientific observatory nicknamed Solar Max, which has been spinning helplessly since it broke down three years ago. If this tinkering succeeds, it could pave the way for even more ambitious efforts, including the assembly of President Reagan's proposed space station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Flying the Seatless Chair | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

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