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Focuses on the emergence of entrepreneurial approach to technological research. Amount of funds for the Advanced Technology Program (ATP); List of proposals with ATP awards; Expansion of competition for ATP awards by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Reports on the capabilities of wireless communication in the United States. Capabilities of digital personal communication services; Discussion of spread spectrum on ion mobility spectroscopy band; Development of system on high speed data receiver from satellite.

Focuses on the application of lasers and sonars in measurement of wind speed. Detection of faint wind movements by a sensor developed by physicist Georgia Institute of Technology; Components of crosswind sensor; Holographic disk and a backscatter detectors of the laser wind sensor invented by Geary Schwemmer.

Focuses on the development of prototype imaging system by the University of Ulm in Germany. Difficulties of the photographing movement in microelectromechanical system; Exhibition of the prototype; Description of Imacon 468 camera.

Reports the integration of magnetic levitation with the array concept formulated by Klaus Halbach of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for use of accelerators. Vision of National Aeronautics and Space Administration to launch a vehicle using the magnetic levitation; Details on the formulation of the concept; Overview on the application.

Focuses on the impact of millennium bug to computer systems. Details on the effect of the 2000 problem; Formulation of Y2K tool by the National Institute of Standards and Technology as resolution to the problem; Access information for details; Overview of the application of the program.

Focuses on the methods of detecting flaws of large-scale integrated circuit. Advantage of scanning infrared microscopy on silicon transparency; Development of optical shallow-defect analyzer (OSDA) by Hitachi Ltd.; Use of OSDA on grown-in defects in wafers by Czochralski process.

Reports on the microelectromechanical system (MEMS) engineering kits from Mentor Graphics in the United States. Provision of users with libraries of MEMS components for fabrication-ready design; Automation of the design process; Combination of sensors and mechanical or optical actuators with integrated circuits in a single silicon chip.

Reports on the advances of battery technology in the United States. Share of funds from Department of Energy for lithium-polymer battery research; Production of magnesium-silver chloride batteries activated by seawater; Joint ventures of companies on manufacturing nickel metal hydride batteries for electric cars.

Focuses on the wireless connections in the technology industry. Increase of wireless connection demand; Use of cables in the computer peripheral connections; Competition of wireless connections in the technology market; Development of wireless infrared connection standards.

Reports the need for biological sensors in the United States. Threat of contamination of food by toxic strains of bacteria; Plans of the US Department of Agriculture for regulations on food inspection; Development of techniques for rapid detection of specific pathogens.

Focuses on the development of a semiconductor that emits blue light. Consideration of the blue laser diode as a laboratory phenomenon; Application of blue diode in commercial purposes and military operations; Use of zinc selenide and gallium nitride in several diodes.

Reports the restructuring of research and development (R&D) by the Imitation Corp. in Minnesota. Reasons for the discontinued audio and videotape business and dismissal of employees; Role of physicists in the R&D of Imitation; Type of market targeted by Imitation.

Focuses on the MiniBird tracker, a magnetic motion sensor from Ascension Technology in Burlington, Vermont. Dimensions of the sensor; Use of a transmitter for the location of a sensor inside the body; Application of the sensor in a transesophageal echo-cardiograph probe in Seattle, Washington.

Focuses on the construction of compact, low power free-electron laser generating tunable coherent beams in far infrared spectral region. Measurement of vibrational spectra, liquids, and solids; List of applications for the laser; Modification of a surplus scanning electron microscope.

Reports the financial increase of R&D in United States base on R&D forecast. Account funds from industry; Percentage of allocation of budget; Provision of platforms for future strength and growth from the investment; Investment in electronic components, computing and telecommunications.

Focuses on the development of a software for the Y2K problem. Venture of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado; Creation of a special time-checking service available over the Internet; Reports of two Y2K glitches.

Reports global technological developments as of December 1998. Fabrication of silicon wafers microcircuits by IBM's Zurich Research and Laboratory; Launching of 12-month option for students of Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management; Details of the innovations integrated in lithography.

Focuses on the continuing research application of aerogels. Description of aerogels; Development surfactant techniques for mesoporous material development; Objective of the research application for the speeding up of microprocessors.

Reports on the advances of light pulses resonant develop by researchers. Demonstration of light pulses on an egg-shaped microlaser cavity; Advancement with modified quantum-cascade, infrared microdisk laser by Bell Labs; Fabrication of experimental lasers by distorting disk from circular symmetry.

Reports on the application of microvalves on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) in the United States. Integration of controlling electronics with the valve on a single silicon chip; Development of a silicon microvalve Fluistor; Design of MEMS-Flow product line of pressure regulators for high-purity semiconductor fabrication.

Focuses on the preference of physics graduates in business application programs at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. Provision of two-year business application programs to graduates with bachelors degree; Development of physics-business programs by grants from Alfred S. Sloan Foundation; Components of the business-physics curriculum.

Forecasts research (R) and development (D) spending for the years 1998 and 1999 in the United States. Amount of expenditures of industry, government and universities and colleges on R and D; Role of R and D for long-term survival among industries; Domination of high-technology industries in economic growth; Priority on the R and D government budget.

Focuses on the use of aerogels in the operations in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Description of the aerogel; Launch of an industrial commercialization project by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Discussion on wind sensors; Emission of blue light laser in semiconductor development.

Focuses on the comprehensive database of United States patents of International Business Machine Corp. Benefits of the database to researchers, inventors and attorneys; Motive for the accessibility of the database; Non-confidentiality of browsing in the database.

Focuses on the retention of the role of the magnetic hard disk as the principal storage device in computers. Ranges of the bit density of gigabyte hard disks; Development of a technique for the measurement of the magnetic properties of a single atom; Contribution of thin film production and data filtering to the role of the disks.

Reports the expansion of research and development (R&D) by Microsoft in the United States. Historical background of the establishment of the research laboratory; Areas of expertise of the Bay Area Research Center; Increase in the R&D spending of Microsoft.

Reports the market for radio frequency identification (RFID) systems in the United States. Improvements in the RFID technology; Advantages of RFID tags; Components of RFID system.