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Focuses on technological developments in the combined science of microelectronics and medical imaging. Capabilities of the technologies to monitor the human brain in real time; Risks presented by the technologies to man; Potential use of the technologies for employee screening and criminal investigations. INSETS: Brain Fingerprinting.;Revealing the Mark of illness.;To Probe Further..

Reports on the health concern over the possible danger of hand-held mobile telephones. Frequencies wireless communication systems operate on; Results of research on the effect of radio frequency; Animal studies; Document about the issue posted by the United States Food and Drug Administration on the Internet. INSETS: Will people believe mobile phones are safe?;A precautionary RF report;Setting limits for exposure to mobile phone energy.

Discusses the role and importance of Internet on education in the United States. Educational opportunities offered by the Internet; Prediction on the effect of Internet on communication; Information and views on distance learning and cooperative arrangements. INSETS: A laptop for every student;Legal issues for schools, by Frederic M. Wilf.

Presents analysis and forecast on software tools trends for 1998. Trend in virtual instruments; Development of auditory interface; Trend on backward compatibility of computer software products. INSET: Viewpoint: Let's hear it for the auditory..., by T.V. Raman.

This article features Tecplot 10, a software designed by Tecplot Inc. in Bellevue, Washington. It lets users visualize massive amounts of data and create attractive graphics for publication and presentations. Tecplot 10 provides graphics functions that are familiar to users of Microsoft Excel: visualizing data by creating a wide variety of plots and customizing the plots with great flexibility. Specialized to the needs of engineers and scientists, it is vastly more powerful than Excel or any other visualization software that runs on personal computers.

Reviews the computer software Mathcad 2000 developed by MathSoft Inc.

The article reviews several math software including MapleSim from Maplesoft, MathType from Design Science, and Quickfield from Tera Analysis.

The article evaluates the Semcad X Jungfrau software from Schmid & Partner Engineering.

Features the mathematics software Mathcad 11 from Mathsoft Engineering and Education Inc. and Quickfield 5.0 from Tera Systems Inc. Retail price; Pros and cons; Ordering information.

Features several computer software for mathematics. Mathematica 4.2 from Wolfram Research Inc.; Maple 8 from Waterloo Maple Inc.; Matlab Release 13 from MathWorks Inc.

Reviews the computer software CalculationCenter 1.0 from Research Inc.

Reviews the computer software QuickField 4.2 developed by Tera Analysis Co.

Evaluates a math software HiQ 3.0 produced by National Instruments. Features of the software; Compatibility of the software with Windows 95 and Windows NT.

Evaluates the computer software `O-Matrix model 3.1.' Features of the software; Advantages of the software.

Evaluates the mathematics software Maple V Release 4 for Windows 95 and Macsyma 420 for Unix systems. Macsyma as used by scientists in 1960s; Improvements on both products; Why the author considered Macysma and Maple an impressive attempts to develop algorithms; Importance of its similarities.

The article features the new Maple 10 software with graphical user interface from Waterloo Maple Inc. The new graphical interface replaces the old plain command-line interface. It has numerous on-screen palettes that enables user to insert symbols in the worksheets through a mouse click. Other features of the Maple 10 include a new equation editor that allows user to create worksheets with formatted, textbook-style layouts, lay-out calculation, beefed-up routines for symbolic solution of statistics and differential equations, and additional efficiencies for memory management and numerical routines. The help system of the software was also improved and a new Task Assistants was added for exporting and importing of data.