Cutting Edge Technologies -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- PART I COMPUTERS OF THE FUTURE -- Introduction -- Ultra Large Scale Integration And Beyond -- THEORETICAL LIMITS -- Transistors -- Resistors -- Interconnections -- Overview -- PRACTICAL LIMITS -- Feature Size -- Die Size -- Packing Efficiency -- Number of Components Per Chip -- Overview -- ANALOGICAL LIMITS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- The Evolution of Computer Systems -- Software and Unorthodox Architectures: Where Are We Headed? -- SOFTWARE -- FORTHCOMING SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES -- Geographically Distributed Systems -- Multiprocessor Systems -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- PART II NEW FRONTIERS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY -- Introduction -- Biochemical Engineering Solutions To Biotechnological Problems -- CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY -- BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY -- APPLICATIONS OF GENETIC ENGINEERING -- BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS DEVELOPMENT -- CONCLUSION -- Biotechnology and Agricultural Research for Crop Improvement -- INTRODUCTION -- Location of DNA Within the Plant Cell -- CHOOSING A TARGET FOR BIOENGINEERING EFFORTS IN CROP IMPROVEMENT -- BIOENGINEERING FOR HERBICIDE RESISTANCE: ONE EXAMPLE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING STRATEGIES -- Naturally Occurring Herbicide-Resistant Weeds -- Molecular Basis of Triazine Herbicide Resistance -- Genetic Exchange Between Weeds and Crops -- Fusion of Cells from Weeds and Crops -- GENE TRANSFER VIA MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES -- CONCLUSION -- Biotechnology for Health Care -- BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY -- Production of Human Insulin -- Other Uses of Recombinant DNA -- CHALLENGES TO BE MET -- PART III ADVANCES IN STRUCTURAL MATERIALS -- Introduction -- NOTES -- Rapid Solidification Technology -- MICROSTRUCTURAL CONSEQUENCES OF RAPID SOLIDIFICATION -- RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED POWDERS -- Powder Production -- Conventional Consolidation -- Spray Consolidation.

RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED FILAMENTS AND RIBBONS -- Melt Spinning -- Melt Extraction -- Twin Roller Quenching -- RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED SURFACE LAYERS -- Surface Melting (Glazing) -- Surface Alloying -- APPLICATIONS -- Powder Technology -- Thin Filament/Ribbon Technology -- Surface Modification Technology -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- Exploring the Limits of Polymer Properties: Structural Components From Rigid-and Flexible-Chain Polymers -- RECENT APPLICATIONS -- THE JAPANESE CHALLENGE -- RECENT RESEARCH TOWARD HIGH-MODULUS POLYMERS -- FLEXIBLE-CHAIN POLYMERS -- RIGID-ROD POLYMERS -- NOTES -- High-Technology Ceramics -- POWDER PRODUCTION -- PRODUCING CERAMIC SHAPES -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOUGH CERAMICS -- STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS FOR HIGH-TECHNOLOGY CERAMICS -- NOTES -- PART IV TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY -- Introduction -- Air Technology: The Transport Vehicle and Its Development Environment -- TECHNOLOGY AND MARKET NEEDS -- DESIGN BUILDING BLOCKS -- READINESS: A NATIONAL PROBLEM -- A NEW AIR ENVIRONMENT -- INTEGRATION: A NEW DISCIPLINE -- CONCLUSION -- Earth Walls -- EVOLUTION OF EARTH WALLS -- CURRENT REINFORCEMENT SYSTEMS FOR EARTH WALLS -- APPLICATIONS IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS -- DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS -- CONSTRUCTION -- COSTS -- THE FUTURE -- Bibliography -- Technological Opportunities and the Railroad Industry -- Biographical Sketches.