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Selected Works

1998

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Full-Text Articles in Science and Technology Studies

Advice To Flight Crews Concerning Wildlife Hazards To Aircraft, Paul F. Eschenfelder Aug 1998

Advice To Flight Crews Concerning Wildlife Hazards To Aircraft, Paul F. Eschenfelder

Paul F. Eschenfelder

No abstract provided.

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Technology On The Factory Floor Iii: Technology Use And Training In Us Manufacturing Firms, Paul Swamidass Aug 1998

Technology On The Factory Floor Iii: Technology Use And Training In Us Manufacturing Firms, Paul Swamidass

Paul Swamidass

This is the third issue of the Technology on the Factory Floor series. The study was sponsored by the Manufacturing Institute and the National Science Foundation. Data for this study of manufacturing technology use was collected from 1,025 manufacturing plant managers during 1997 using a modified survey questionnaire originally used in the 1993 study.

The findings were: Since the 1993 study, inventory turnover increased, rejection and rework reduced, and cycle time and manufacturing costs decreased; overall, there was measurable improvement in manufacturing since 1993. Other findings were: larger plants use technologies more extensively than smaller plants; exporters use more manufacturing …

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The Millennium Problem And The Marketplace Of Ideas: Insights Into Freedom, Responsibility, And Technological Development, Scott Devito, Dennis R. Cooley Jun 1998

The Millennium Problem And The Marketplace Of Ideas: Insights Into Freedom, Responsibility, And Technological Development, Scott Devito, Dennis R. Cooley

Scott DeVito

A close analysis of the Y2K problem provides valuable insight into the ethics of technology. We contend that the primary cause of the Y2K problem is a lack of, what John Stuart Mill calls, originality (and the related loss of freedom, diversity, and understanding) in the information technology (IT) industry. If the various IT companies had supported originality, then they would have empowered their employees to respond to the foreseen difficulties associated with the change of millennium long before these difficulties blossomed into the current worldwide problem. We contend that originality, which requires and nourishes both intellectual vigor and diversity, …

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Blick Zurück Auf Den Memex: Anmerkungen Zu Vannevar Bushs Aufsatz »As We May Think«, Michael Friedewald Jan 1998

Blick Zurück Auf Den Memex: Anmerkungen Zu Vannevar Bushs Aufsatz »As We May Think«, Michael Friedewald

Michael Friedewald

Vannevar Bush‘s essay »As we may think« published in July 1945 is one of the most frequently cited texts of modern technical literature. This article examines the seinen Grund in der Ikonen- historical background and the goal that famous analog computing pioneer and policy advisor Vannevar Bush pursued with it.

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