Medical electronics in Tokyo

The 6th international conference on medical electronics and biological was held in Japan from the 22nd to 27th August under the auspices of the International Federation for Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering. The president at the time of the conference was W. J. Perkins, M.I.E.E., and several other members of the IEE attended the meeting. They found it a most stimulating experience. About half of the 300 papers presented were contributed by Japan, quarter by the USA, and the remainder by 26 other countries.