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MONITORING of the environment has been sharply stepped up. There are now, for instance, 10,000 water-quality stations to constantly check the nation's fresh waters. In New York State, 22 monitors, linked by special telephone lines, transmit data on pollution levels to a central computer located in Albany. By pinpointing unusual concentrations of air and water pollutants, officials can more easily locate sources of trouble. Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency is working on plans for an integrated monitoring system to provide similar data for nationwide pollution control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: State of the Ecology | 8/16/1971 | See Source »

...enables him to control a motorized wheelchair by eye movements alone. Manufactured by Hayes International Corp., and originally intended for use by astronauts, the Sight Switch uses eyeglass-mounted sensors to measure the intensity of light reflected from the whites of the operator's eyes. The sensors then transmit their readings to a computerized box on the wheelchair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Eye Control | 7/5/1971 | See Source »

Unless the Harvard bureaucracy gets in its way, a complex system of cables designed to transmit and receive television signals throughout the University will probably be ready for next fall...

Author: By Craig Unger, | Title: Harvard TV | 6/17/1971 | See Source »

HITS has 12 channels-ten for transmitting video and two for digital data-which can relay information various places throughout the University. Potentially, HITS could transmit and receive from countless out-lets throughout the University...

Author: By Craig Unger, | Title: Harvard TV | 6/17/1971 | See Source »

...seeking the restraining order yesterday, the Justice Department called into the proceedings a law which makes it a criminal offense for any person to "have unauthorized possession" of classified documents or to communicate, deliver or transmit such documents "to any person not entitled to receive them...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: Judge Delays 'Times' Case Until Friday | 6/16/1971 | See Source »

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