Robert Street of Palo Alto Research Center awarded 2010 Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics

Physics Today ◽  
2009 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Palo Alto

Pen-Based Mobile Computing

2009 ◽  
pp. 998-1003
Author(s):  
Bernie Garret
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Wireless Network ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Palo Alto ◽  
Portable Computer ◽  
Original Idea

The original idea of a portable computer is credited to Alan Kay of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center who suggested the idea in the 1970s (Kay, 1972a, 1972b; Kay & Goldberg, 1977). He envisioned a notebook-sized portable computer named the “Dynabook” that could be used for all of the user’s information needs and using wireless network capabilities for connectivity.

Shock Loading of Advanced Materials from Macro-, Micro- to Nanoscale

2014 ◽  
Vol 792 ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
Athanasios G. Mamalis
Keyword(s):  
Shock Loading ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Advanced Materials ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Kurchatov Institute ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Russian Research

Some of the activities of the Project Center for Nanotechnology and Advanced Engineering (PC-NAE), a joint initiative of the Greek National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos and the Russian Research Center Kurchatov Institute, in advanced manufacturing engineering are briefly outlined, focusing onto some recent trends and developments in manufacturing from macro-, micro-, to nanoscale of advanced materials in the important engineering topics nowadays from industrial, research and academic point of view: nanotechnology/ultraprecision engineering and advanced materials under shock loading, with industrial applications to net-shape manufacturing, bioengineering, energy and transport.

Plumbers of the Internet: The Creation and Evolution of the LAN Industry

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 705-714
Author(s):  
Urs Von Burg
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Personal Computers ◽  
Research Center ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Palo Alto ◽  
Other Information ◽  
The Creation

In 1973 at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (Xerox PARC), one of the first local area networking (LAN) technologies was invented: Ethernet. Today, Ethernet is the dominant LAN standard but, as is the case with most other information technologies, Ethernet was neither the only available alternative nor a technology well suited for all networking needs from the outset. In fact, when it was first commercialized in 1980, Ethernet was a relatively expensive, high-end technology, suited for connecting minicomputers or workstations but too expensive for connecting microcomputers or personal computers (PCs), soon to be the largest LAN market.

Pen-Based Mobile Computing

2007 ◽  
pp. 754-757
Author(s):  
B. Garret
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Wireless Network ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Palo Alto ◽  
Portable Computer ◽  
Original Idea

The original idea of a portable computer is credited to Alan Kay of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center who suggested the idea in the 1970s (Kay, 1972a, 1972b; Kay & Goldberg, 1977). He envisioned a notebook-sized portable computer named the “Dynabook” that could be used for all of the user’s information needs and using wireless network capabilities for connectivity.

Thinking Assessment

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte Jordan ◽  
Peter Putz
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Palo Alto ◽  
Formal Assessment ◽  
Close Observation

As a consulting corporate anthropologist and a management scientist interested in the close observation of work practices in organizations1 two observations have emerged as a repeating theme from the work on learning and assessment that we carried out over the last 15 years at the Palo Alto Research Center and the Institute for Research on Learning: • assessment is a normal, ubiquitous part of all social interaction; • formal assessment methods as used in organizations frequently lead to undesirable behavioral results.

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