A real need exists for ways to bridge the gap between basic research and prac- tical application, for faster utilization of new discoveries and new developments in the world of technology, and for technical transfer of defense and space accomplish- ments to the civilian economy. The problem is compounded by the torrential flow of technical information. Thirty million books are available on technical subjects, the total increasing at the rate of six hundred every day. There are one hundred thousand technical journals. More scientific work has been published in the past ten years than in all...