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...Triumph of the injection-molder's art is Jimmy Jet, a dial-laden gadget that looks like a cross between a 1958 Pontiac dash board and the cockpit of the U-2-and is nearly as big. Activate its batteries and an aerial view of a terrain nicely dotted with factories, bridges and other targets moves across a simulated TV screen; a silhouette of a plane also appears, and by turning the controls this can be made to pass "over" a target. A lever launches missiles from the cowling. More dazzling than durable, it is sold in supermarkets exclusively...
...Harvard researchers used their gadget first on a patient who had just had twelve AC shocks at 25 volts with no result. The DC machine worked promptly, and it has now been used successfully on more than 30 patients. In two cases, it did its job when the electrodes were merely applied to the skin-suggesting widespread value for countless patients whose episodes of fibrillation have nothing to do with surgery...
...Thrift Key is a plastic gadget, like the old key on the sardine can, that fits on the end of a tube of toothpaste, shaving cream, glue or anchovy paste, rolls up the bottom of the tube as the contents are used, and ensures that none of the product is wasted. Manufactured by Crawford Industries, Ltd., New York. Price...
...disperse to thinly populated areas; survival will demand near-perfect discipline and quick adaptation to new surroundings. "After the first shock of mutual devastation had been survived," insists Slim, "victory would go, as it did in our other jungle, to the tougher, more resourceful infantryman. The easier and more gadget-filled our daily life becomes, the harder will it be to produce him. It took us some time to do so in Burma. It can be done in peace; in war, there will no longer be so much time...
...case of a roadside stop for a quick snack, customers may be spared the soggy sponge with which the waitress often swabs down the counter. The Linen Supply Association of America now offers a gadget that, in effect, provides fresh linen tablecloths for each counter diner. Operating on the old roller-towel principle, the fresh section of mat is pulled into place after each meal by the waitress. Price: on the house...