LETTERS Birth of a Notion Editor: The article o n bar codes ["Bar Codes, Bar None," Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, spring 199H was very interesting. Talk of not seeing the forest for the trees—we used the bar code concept back in the late '60s to annotate linescan image ry from radar sensors. We received a patent on the technology in December 1969, but never appreciated the commercial potential. We were just a brain-wave away from a billion dollars! Herman I. Pardes Georgia Tech Research Institute Fort Monmouth Office Wall, N.J.
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Sorry, Wrong Robot Editor: The sub-headline of the article titled "Real World Robots" {Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, spring 1991] begins, "From Lost in Space's 'Robbie'...." The problem is that "Robbie the Robot" is indeed a famous robot, as any science fiction fan is perfectly aware, but it w a s not the starring robot in "Lost in Space," as the headline states. That robot was always referred to simply as "the robot." Robbie, o n the other hand, was originated for and gained fame as the robot in the classic '50s movie "Forbidden Planet," although it did make later guest appearances o n television shows such as "The Twilight Zone." A school which prides itself on scientific and engineering accuracies should
not make mistakes such as this in its publications, n o matter h o w trivial they be. To me, it is like writing "manganese" w h e n you meant "magnesium." Steve Cseplo Georgia Tech Facilities Office Atlanta
Demographic Changes Editor: The student demographics described in "Technotes" ["Changing Times Reflected in NewApplicant Demographics," Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, Spring 1991] certainly illustrate the changes at Tech since m y all-white, almost all-male freshman year, 1952. These changes have to b e for the good of both Tech a n d the nation if they signal increased interest in science and engineering
among w o m e n , and minorities of both sexes. But are these n e w students being accepted for enrollment in the science and engineering schools in the same proportion as in the Institute as a whole, or are they gravitating to the n e w schools of humanities and social sciences? I h o p e that these n e w schools were created to enrich the Institution's curriculum, rather than to enable Tech to achieve certain social quotas. Frederick J. Miller, IE '56 Knoxville, Tenn.
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