GOTO telescopes have become more popular since the 1980s as technology has improved and prices have been reduced.

The tank proved highly successful, and as technology improved the tank became a weapon that could cross large distances at much higher speeds than supporting infantry and artillery.

* Special equipment for locating hostile artillery: flash spotting and notably sound ranging appeared in World War I the latter has been undergone increasing refinement as technology has improved.

AMD's new fab in Dresden came online, allowing further production increases, and the process technology was improved by a switch to copper interconnects.

The Italian company Finmeccanica, Alenia Difesa licensed the AIM-7E Sparrow technology from the US, and produced its own improved version called Aspide.

Where Whorf reasoned that the sophistication of a language controls the sophistication of the thoughts that can be expressed by a speaker of that language, Engelbart reasoned that the state of our current technology controls our ability to manipulate information, and that fact in turn will control our ability to develop new, improved technologies.

As computer technology improved and these constraints were loosened, editors with more visual feedback became the standard.

Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution ( EDGE ) ( also known as Enhanced GPRS ( EGPRS ), or IMT Single Carrier ( IMT-SC ), or Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution ) is a digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of GSM.

Although Indonesians are now less vulnerable to the effects of nature as a result of improved technology and social programs, to some extent their social diversity has emerged from traditionally different patterns of adjustment to their physical circumstances.

More widespread use of iron led to improved steel-making technology at lower cost.

By the early 20th century, improved dielectrics and the need to reduce their size and inductance for use in the new technology of radio caused the Leyden jar to evolve into the modern compact form of capacitor.

As graphics technology improved, machinima filmmakers used other video games and consumer-grade video editing software.

Thus improved technology and transportation were forerunners to the Great Merger Movement.

The evolving technology, and improved purity of commercially available neodymium oxide, was reflected in the appearance of neodymium glass that resides in collections today.

HIGHWAY: Graduated drivers license laws for young drivers, age-21 drinking laws, smart airbag technology, rear high-mounted brake lights, commercial drivers licenses, improved school bus construction standards.

RAIL: Positive train control ( anti-collision technology ), improved emergency exits for passenger rail cars, shelf-couplers for hazardous material rail cars.

Overall, China's telecommunications services improved enormously during the 1980s, and, the pace of telecommunications growth and technology upgrading increased even more rapidly after 1990, especially as fiber-optics systems and digital technology were installed.

As android technology improved, bounty hunters had to apply an empathy test — the Voigt-Kampff test — to distinguish humans from androids, by measuring empathetic responses, or lack thereof, from questions designed to evoke an emotional response, often including animal subjects and themes.

The 1920s brought improved radio technology and radio sales, bringing many phonograph dealers to near financial ruin.

Chinese naval technology has improved, in part due to Russian assistance.

Its latest destroyers use more local hardware of an improved quality, such as better fire-control systems, stealth technology in their hull designs to reduce their radar profile, and C4ISR systems.

He began dismantling the License Raj – government quotas, tariffs and permit regulations on economic activity – modernised the telecommunications industry, the education system, expanded science and technology initiatives and improved relations with the United States.

By the late 1990s, improved technology and more training and cross-training within the industry made all of these techniques easier to use, so that directors of individual episodes could make decisions to use one or more methods, so such artistic choices no longer needed to be baked into the series concept.

In recent years as technology has improved, this has become more common, notably since the development of the Massive software application permits producers to include hordes of non-human characters to storm a city or space station.

Originally developed as the " Dartmouth Digital Synthesizer " by Dartmouth College Professor Jon Appleton, in association with NED co-founders Cameron W. Jones and Sydney A. Alonso, the Synclavier would become the pioneering prototype hardware and software system for all digital non-linear synthesis, polyphonic sampling, magnetic ( hard-disk ) recording and sequencing systems technology that is commonplace in all music and sound effects / design today.

As the technology of electronic keyboard instruments became more sophisticated, Emerson was quick to adopt new instruments, such as the Yamaha GX1 polyphonic synthesiser, one of which can be seen on the video promoting " Fanfare for the Common Man ".

The effects suite and synthesizer are licensed in the form of software libraries to mobile phone manufacturers and providers of related technology ( e. g. DSP's and DSP operating systems ), in order to provide polyphonic ringtone rendering and enhanced music or mobile TV playback on hand-held devices.

In addition, there are many areas of the human situation besides the impact of science and technology which are examined, for science-fiction dystopias often extrapolate political, social, economic tendencies only indirectly related to science and technology.

The executive paid tribute to research and development and technology for their great contributions in the past, but he also cautioned industry that they tend to be great equalizers because they move at a fairly even pace within an industry and fail to give it the short-term advantage which it often needs.

The terms architect and architecture are also used in the disciplines of landscape architecture, naval architecture and often information technology ( for example a software architect ).

Braudel's followers admired his use of the longue durée approach to stress slow, and often imperceptible effects of space, climate and technology on the actions of human beings in the past.

Extensions of the guided technology include the Guided Light Transit and Translohr systems, although these are more often termed ' rubber tyred trams ' as they have limited or no mobility away from their guideways.

This often happens when a change in design or operating practice, such as the switch to one person operation or low floor technology, renders some buses redundant while still relatively new.

A second aspect of printer technology that is often forgotten is resistance to alteration: liquid ink, such as from an inkjet head or fabric ribbon, becomes absorbed by the paper fibers, so documents printed with liquid ink are more difficult to alter than documents printed with toner or solid inks, which do not penetrate below the paper surface.

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data.

Chalmers University of Technology (, often shortened to Chalmers ), is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.

Certification is often used in the professions of software engineering and information technology.

Metro rail or rapid transit usually covers a smaller inner-urban area ranging outwards to between 12 km to 20 km ( or 8 to 14 miles ), has a higher train frequency and runs on separate tracks ( underground or elevated ), whereas commuter rail often shares tracks, technology and the legal framework with mainline railway.

Modern crossbow sights often use similar technology to modern firearm sights, such red dot sights and telescopic sights.

Trumpets were slower to adopt the new valve technology, so for the next 100 years or more, composers often wrote separate parts for trumpet and cornet.

Even " new " technology often looks a bit older and battered.

Because computer technology is rapidly advancing it is often possible to offer more features in a digital synthesizer than in an analog synthesizer at a given price.

* Mix of connected collaborators: DARPA typically builds strong teams and networks of collaborators, bringing in a range of technical expertise and applicable disciplines, and involving university researchers and technology firms that are often not significant defense contractors or beltway consultants.

Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom.

Despite a booming growth in American periodicals around this time period, fueled in part by new technology, many did not last beyond a few issues and publishers often refused to pay their writers or paid them much later than they promised.

The papyrus fragments are often recovered only through modern technology.

Conjecture on the type of evidence likely to be found often focuses on the types of activities that humans have performed, or likely would perform given more advanced technology.

Over the course of 2011, the word " hacker " gained a fourth meaning, generally referring to someone who challenges the existing order, most often using science, engineering, or information technology.

The term " hydrofoil " is commonly used for the wing-like structure mounted on struts below the hull of a variety of boats ( see illustration ), which lifts the boat out of the water during forward motion, in order to reduce hull drag ; as such, the term " hydrofoil " is often used to refer to boats using hydrofoil technology.

The war now became a stalemate — the famous " Western Front " was fought largely in France and was characterized by very little movement despite extremely large and violent battles, often with new and more destructive military technology.

Whereas a manufacturer may use technology, simplification, and other techniques to lower the cost of goods sold, the service provider often faces an unrelenting pattern of increasing costs.