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Awesome Davis building to open in late 1988 Chronicie Staff A preview tour for local busiâ€" ness leaders of the $50 million Centre last Thursday was one highlight of the 1987 Chamber The 300,000 square foot build ing will house "the largest con centration of computing research University of Waterloo‘s lan Munro, the Director of the Instiâ€" tute of Computer Research. â€" researchers will initially be hired directly due to the construction of the highâ€"tech looking structure, computerâ€"related researchers from math and engineering faculâ€" ties will now be brought together under one roof, said Munro. ‘"‘There will be increased comâ€" munication between researchers which will dramatically increase the synergy." Researchers will be concenâ€" trated on the upper floors of the three storey building, while much of the first floor contains the "EMS Library" which will serve the almost half of UW students majoring in mathematics, engiâ€" neering and other sciences. The library presently houses 350,000 volumes, including 2,500 periodicals, said Librarian Faye Abrams, who is the coâ€"ordinator of the Industrial and Business Information Service (IBIS). It is linked by computer to other libraâ€" ries and has access to more than 700 commercial data bases. These services are currently available to the general public.. Abrams said that local busiâ€" Ogden finds utilize these university library services. Additionally, "anyone with a computer and modem will be able to hook in to us starting in the New Year." The building features "a very sophisticated computerâ€"controlled "medical cards", the size of credit whole medical history. Already in use in parts of the United States, shortly. The entire Grolier encyclopedia now fits on one side of a CD disk, and is available in some area university libraries. Ogden says it is already obsolete, and the same amount of information can now be held on special fibres. Robots in Honk Kong can manâ€" ufacture a digital watch for 22 cents. Airplanes will soon be equipped with technology allowing execuâ€" tives to communicate by phone between their lapâ€"top computer and their company half way arâ€" ound the world. Documents will also be sent by facsimile machine Electronic mail allows businessâ€" es to communicate instantly anyâ€" where in the world. Fujitsu has developed a comâ€" puterized "universal translator‘ which will translate several lanâ€" guages simultaneously. An Enâ€" glishâ€"speaking executive will soon speak to a Swedishâ€"speaking colleague, for instance, with the computer translating the converâ€" sation. This would make translaâ€" enhance international personal hours, come fully furnished and guaranteed for 20 years. _ _ Mitsubishi will soon introduce a television with 12 screens operatâ€" Though féw“new faculty and Japanese preâ€"formed housed are it will be here energy system" which utilizes a assistant director of custodiai and "thermal flywheel which stores grounds. heat in the daytime for use at _ The building is expected to be The $50 million W.G. Davis Computer Research Centre at University of Waterioo will house the largest concentration of computer researchers in the country, says Director lan Munro of the Institute for Computer Research. Local business leaders were treated to a preview tour as part of Chamber Week activities. lan Kirkby photo sal translators will be built into televisions, and people will be able to watch and understand programs from around the world with the help of a cheap satellite fjords to farm highâ€"quality salm on at a fraction of the cost oi Canada‘s netted salmon. The Americans have developed a plant species that produces better quality newsprint at lower crossed the animalâ€"plant barrier in biotechnological research, inâ€" jecting the glow from glow worms into tobacco plants. Soon, we will be able to buy Christmas trees prices and with less pollution than the present system which employs 1 out of every 10 Canaâ€" dians. They are grown on farms in areas which can support cotton that naturally glow in the dark, The Japanese have developed "robot nurses", which remember your name, talk to you, communiâ€" cate your problems to a doctor electronically, and write your The Japanese also have superâ€" markets which are largely staffed by robots, who price and shelve products, freeing the human emâ€" ployees for interacting with the ture robots in a nursury located in the store. British Columbia already offers shop, the kids play with miniaâ€" The Japanese are utilizing their Japanese _ scientists _ have " said Rudy Molinary, the fully occupied by late 1988. are connected to camâ€" ich utilizes a â€" assistant director of custodial and (Continued from page 10) puses through satellite dishes and computers. More of this is to come, says Ogden. Nuclear fusion is around the corner, he says. The Japanese, who have no multiâ€"national oil companies with vested interests in highâ€"cost inâ€"ground energy sources, are working hard at breaking the barrior. If successâ€" ful, "energy costs will decrease drastically". â€" Robots are being developed for use as liveâ€"in lovers for women afraid of contracting AIDS. "They can be designed to your fantasy and programmed to your stamiâ€" na," said Ogden. Lasers currently being tested can be far more accurate than brain surgeons, who can cause irreperable damage with one slip of the hand. And for those who love to shop, the Americans have come up with a department store that looks like a computerized teller. Slip in your card, enter what you desire, and the goodscomgdmect from the manufacturer. No fuss, no mess, no warehousing overheads. _ _ And for those interested in family planning comes the ultiâ€" mate in choosing your child. Two unfertilized ovum from a woman can be refridgerated. One is later identical twin as her daughter. 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