Part 1 Computer and Network 1
Unit 1 Bring Home the Internet 1
Unit 2 Digital Signature Guide 7
Unit 3 Firewalls Fend off Invasions from the Net 13
Unit 4 Intel,AMD Battle for Chip Speed Crown 20
Unit 5 Network Capacity Planning 24
Unit 6 Overview of the Web 30
Unit 7 Say Hello to Windows 2000 38
Unit 8 Welcome to Protel 99—for Windows NT 4.0/95/98 45
Unit 9 The Path to Open-source Systems 51
Unit 10 DTV Could Be DOA 56
Unit 11 Global Communication through Online Translation 62
Unit 12 The Future of Education and Learning 67
Unit 13 The Future of Information Technology 72
Unit 14 The Future of Public Transport 78
Unit 15 The Future of the City 84
Unit 16 The Future of the Office 88
Part 2 Energy 94
Unit 17 Solar Energy 94
Unit 18 Wind Power 99
Unit 19 Geothermal Energy 104
Unit 20 Nuclear Energy 110
Unit 21 Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion 115
Unit 22 Biomass 121
Part 3 Electronic Technology 127
Unit 23 Darlington's Contributions to Transistor Circuit Design 127
Unit 24 Wide-Band Communication into the Home 133
Unit 25 A Response to"Wide-Band Communication intothe Home" 137
Unit26 The Integrated Circuit's Early History 149
Unit 27 Design Methodologies Based on Hardware Description Languages 157
Part 4 Electricity and Control 164
Unit 28 AIBO:AI That Works Like a Dog to Entertain You 164
Unit 29 DSPs in Communications 168
Unit 30 Fuel Cells for Homes and Hospitals 174
Unit 31 General Network Synthesis 180
Unit 32 Electric Vehicle and Theirs Advantage 186
Unit 33 High-Flying DSP Architectures 191
Unit 34 Intelligent Information Retrieval 196
Unit 35 Natural Language,Relevancy Ranking,and Common Sense 201
Unit 36 Online Maps:Help or Hindrance? 206
Unit 37 Power for the People 212
Unit 38 Non-Stop Monitoring 218
Unit 39 Power Quality 223
Unit 40 Living with Leaks 229
Unit 41 Turning Fine Words into Deeds 234
Unit42 Post Modern Power Systems 239
ANSWER KEY 245