THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION

the Spree news digest is presented to the schools of this area as a public service by the Johnstown Tribune Democrat [Music] The Tribune Democrat another member of your family [Music] [Music] [Music] pigley the face of business and the fabric of society in the United States this little piece of silicon is revolutionizing the way we live this tiny chip is a complete complex sophisticated computer and because of its size we call it a micro computer it can monitor events that range from the operations in an oil refinery for the water temperature in your dishwasher it'll process instance calls and worldwide coverage of news and sports events on home streams the Industrial Revolution expanded the strength of man's muscles in the reach of his hand the information revolution is magnifying the power of his brain changing forever the way Americans work play travel even think President Kennedy's visit to West Berlin was the first major news event to be broadcast live by satellite from Europe to America when needed for analysis and evaluation today satellites and computers are revolutionising the forecasting of weather and helping to save live one day perhaps meteorologists may have enough data and information to control the weather [Music] Computers shrank in size and costs as transistors replaced vacuum tubes in law enforcement a computer-based [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the long arm of the law is getting longer and developing more muscle thanks to the information revolution when a state trooper radios for information on a speeding car without of state license plates a computerized Crime Information Center in Washington DC confirms that the car has been stolen alerted to the possibility that the driver may be armed and dangerous the state trooper can call for reinforcements and make the arrest with a minimum of risk [Music] for people in more ways here a travel writer with a home computer can tap into a commercial data bank over ordinary telephone lines at his fingertips or thousands of items of information on a city a country distance and time are shrinking as commercial and cable television cover the world there is hardly a major sports or news event anywhere in the world that cannot be seen live on commercial or cable television [Music] the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid New York were transmitted by a specially built satellite earth stations twenty two thousand three hundred miles up twenty two thousand three hundred miles down a round-trip of forty four thousand six hundred miles in 21 hundreds or 1/5 of a second programming and information will grow as cable TV expands in Kapaa ville new technological tool the micro computer unlike the many advances that the Space Age spawned didn't even exist until three years after man set foot on the moon it was born out of the desire to further shrink the size of the computer now smaller size means fewer components and hence greater reliability and it means a large reduction in power requirements it's significant energy saved the progression from the concept of the microcomputer to the industrial usage to the impact on us the individual has really been startling and we've measured in months and not in years business vacations going away coming home a new society people on the move depending on the information revolution for a safe flight and a smooth landing flight controllers use computers to process of an aircraft in flight translated into letters and numbers called alpha numerics the data enables controllers to handle the tens of thousands of aircraft that fly hundreds of millions of miles a year [Music] in the future new computer systems will continue to help assure safety in the skies lykan - going from the Wright brothers first flight to the Space Shuttle in today's electronic office a video terminal the keyboard and printer providing greater productivity from an electronic listing of pending item editing can be done if needed before the break London any place in the world in whatever language is appropriate this ability to transmit information and pictures across continents and over oceans is being used in countless ways case in point a physician in Paris is not sure of her diagnosis and would like additional medical information a few steps away is a complete terminal and the ability to acquire up-to-date research from other countries [Music] within seconds the request is flashed across the Atlantic and relayed to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Maryland the request is process the information program and the response sent on its way to Paris medical science and computer technology partners in diagnosing illnesses and saving lives around the growth of knowledge instead of the haves and have-nots the information revolution may one day divide peoples and nations in future generations into the nose and no nuts the screen news digest has been presented to the school to this area by the Johnstown Tribune Democrat a Tribune Democrat another member of your family [Music]