September 2001:
Information Technology

Tip Sheets, mailed nationally as the "News and Ideas" guide to research developments in science, technology, management, architecture, and humanities and social sciences at Rensselaer. For details or photos, contact Marketing & Media Relations, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, (518) 276-6532, or e-mail Jodi Ackerman ackerj2@rpi.edu

CONTENTS

MICROCHIP RESEARCH:
Speeding up microchips

COMPUTERIZED ROBOTICS:
Improved industrial robotics

EXTENDING COPPER TECHNOLOGY:
Thinner barriers, better performance

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT:
Software on the fly