dards. Over the past few years, certain physi- particularly for laboratory use. cal sensors have been developed in order to There exist also in-line applications for provide reliable meat quality information. foods: detection of foreign components These sensors can be used in the process line through the application of x-rays or control to obtain objective information in a fast and of food composition by using Near Infrared nondestructive way. The most important are (Holm 2003). Concretely, microwave spec- mainly based on electromagnetic energy, troscopy is currently used for the determina- ultrasounds, and resonance techniques. These tion of moisture content in some cereals and sensors can directly provide important infor- fruits (Kraszewski 1991, 1996; Kraszewski mation about meat composition and struc- and Nelson 1992, 1993a, b, 1994; Kraszewski
workstation. Compaq and other PC-clone makers developed enhanced industry standard architecture -- better than microchannel and retained compatibility with existing machine (ISA). Pixar's "Tin Toy" became the first computer-animated film to win an Academy Award, taking the Oscar for best animated short film. Pixar was founded by Jobs. Robert Morris' worm flooded the ARPANET. Then-23-yearold Morris, the son of a computer security expert for the National Security Agency, sent a nondestructive worm through the Internet, causing problems for about 6,000 of the 60,000 hosts linked to the network. 1989 Intel released the 80486 microprocessor and the i860 RISC/coprocessor chip, each of which contained more than 1 million transistors. Motorola announced the 68040 microprocessor, with about 1.2 million transistors. Maxis released SimCity, a sophisticated video game that helped launch a new genre, the simulation.