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November 1998

Start the e-Bulldozers

Even with computers crawling out of every closet, we don't seem to be working fewer hours at the office or achieving more. Where aree the "electronic bulldozers" that will free us from routine office toil?

By Michael Dertouzos

There was a time when people moved earth with shovels using their muscles. Then came bulldozers, and the workers threw away their shovels because they could move more earth, faster and more accurately, with small movements of their fingers.

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