Word: automaticism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some of the changes are soon to come. The automatic radar brake will be one of the most startling changes to be introduced by one automaker on 1957 models. The brake will be operated by a radar screen, built inconspicuously into the radiator grill. As the radar-equipped car approaches...
To many auto engineers, the free-piston engine could be the logical transition to the gas turbine. Most of the mechanical bugs in a small gas turbine for cars have already been eliminated. Chrysler, for example, has been testing a gas-turbine car on Detroit streets for months. Nevertheless, engineers...
For the biggest overseas industrial exhibition that Red China has yet attempted, the entrance to Tokyo's International Trade Fair Hall was transformed into a five-story reproduction of a Mandarin palace. A pair of ferocious papier-mache lions guarded the doors. On opening day firecrackers sputtered, a red...
Deadly Ceilometers. The Empire State is not the only man-made menace to migrating birds. Far worse are the ceilometer beams that measure the height of clouds above many airports. They are powerful searchlights that cast a spot of light on the base of the overcast so that an automatic...
High horsepower is a necessity for today's gadget-laden cars. The new automatic transmission, power brakes, power steering, power seat, and power window lift already bleed as much as 10 to 20 h.p. from the engine. And there is no stopping the gadgeteers: the latest air-conditioning units...