There Is Always Room at the Top

The amazing wealth of accomplishments of science and technology during the recent decades, and the corresponding major opportunities for determined and effective thinkers in these fields are subjects of particular interest to radioand- electronic engineers. There is accordingly presented to the membership the following guest editorial written by an eminent electronic engineer and pioneer, who is active in the research laboratory of the General Electric Company and is a Fellow of the IRE, a member of its Board of Directors, and a member of its Executive Committee. The point to notice is that every time a new and distinctly higher-frequency band has been opened up to use by new engineering knowledge a whole new industry has come into being, involving new capital investment, new public services, and employment to many additional thousands or even hundreds of thousands of persons.