ELECTRONICS

IN ACTION

by Michele Lyons

Al Oerter threw

a discus farther after getting help from a computer at a sports center.

Computers are everywhere. Even computers that you never see are often helping you in some way. They now create some of the exciting images you see on a movie screen. Other computers guide the large roller coasters you love at amusement parks.

Computers are very useful machines. They store a huge amount of information and recall it quickly. That saves valuable time. Computers are handy for another reason. They store information so that it can be kept and used forever. And, when you consider how much information they hold, they hardly take up any room at all.

No doubt about it, computers help people a lot. Some help doctors find out what causes people to get sick. Others simulate or copy the experience of flying a plane so future pilots can get trained. Want to know more about new uses for computers?

Left: Dr. Gideon Ariel watches a stick figure on his computer screen. It is an animated representation of Jimmy Connors' tennis swing. Dr. Ariel runs two computer centers to help athletes.

321 CONTACT October 1982