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For a number of years, the possibilities of using polymer or co‐polymer materials exhibiting piezoelectric properties have attracted the attention of those engaged in non‐destructive testing.

TODAY, as a result of so‐called technical advance, few individuals remain. Save, perhaps, in the arts, few jobs are completed by one man; the accent is on team work with each member doing part of a job.

THE Electronic Computer Exhibition and the B.I.M. conference have provided material for serious contemplation. Sir Harold Gillett, Lord Mayor of London, opening the Exhibition suggested that we are living in the age of the second industrial revolution. There are some who share the Lord Mayor's view and others who take the whole matter in their stride. One thing is certain, we shall be able to do more—and do it more efficiently.

TO stand above the new Rolls‐Royce Sinfin test plant provokes many assorted thoughts. Here is tradition—the tradition of the British engineer—set forth in acres of intricate machinery. Here is enormous power. And here is the signpost to the future. This vast undertaking shows how great and important are the changes taking place in our time.