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...appeared as a mere spot of red light flashed last week on a screen. But scientists of Bell Telephone Laboratories at Murray Hill. N.J. are sure their new gadget, called a maser. from which the light came, will lead to astonishing things. The waves of red light moved exactly in step; other light is helter-skelter. The waves kept to the same razor-edged frequency; other light is a mixture of frequencies. They formed a slender pencil beam that hardly spread out at all. If they had marched to the moon-240,000 miles-they would have covered less than...
Crucial Phrase. German business has been quick to respond to the new camper market. For $300 the camper can pick up a Barnum-sized four-room tent with picture window and carport. Gadget-minded campers can now provide themselves with burglar alarms which are attached to tent flaps, and miniature fences to isolate their area from the common crowd...
...metal cup with a rubber hose (part of which serves as a handle) leading to an ordinary bicycle pump with a reverse valve so that it pumps air out instead of in. Drs. James A. Chalmers and Roger J. Fothergill, in the British Medical Journal, report use of the gadget in 100 cases at Worcester. The metal cup is inserted in the opening of the birth canal and applied to the baby's skull. Pressure is reduced to half an atmosphere or less, so the scalp develops a big bump or "chignon," which fills the cup. Danger of maternal...
Automatic Door Bottom. A gadget that automatically shuts off under-door drafts, dust and noise was put on sale by Minneapolis' Reese Metal Weatherstrip Co. Easily fitted onto wooden doors, the device has a torsion spring that automatically retracts a felt-edged aluminum bar when the door opens, allowing the door to swing freely over carpets or rugs, then forces the bar snugly against the threshold when it closes. Price: $2.75 to $3.45, depending on size and color...
...progress is embedded in her heart. It is like a miniature bird cage. At the point where the aorta (the body's main artery) begins, surgeons have removed part of nature's valve, which was diseased, and replaced it with an ingenious steel-and-plastic gadget...