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...automatic device for squeezing lemon juice for tea and said, "What a silly thing for your people to exhibit in the Soviet Union, Mr. Nixon. All you need for tea is a couple of drops of lemon juice. I think it would take a housewife longer to use this gadget than it would for her to do what our housewives do: slice a piece of lemon, drop it into a glass of tea, then squeeze a few drops out with a spoon. I don't think this appliance of yours is an improvement in any way. In fact...
...Aldrich tradition, in which the awkwardness, sexual inexperience and general un-worldliness of youth are good only for an indulgent, nostalgic laugh. They are never touched by honest rue, let alone intimations of tragedy. The program is full of period references-Mickey Spillane, stuffing telephone booths, a wondrous new gadget known as the seat belt-but there is never a reference to the human heart...
...much gas. Chrysler will soon offer for $10 to $12 a "fuel pacer system"-a light mounted on the fender that glows when a driver is wasting fuel by accelerating too fast. Such devices may be useful, but most drivers are likely to find that the ultimate fuel-saving gadget is a small...
...crystalline substances that ordinarily are poor conductors of electricity unless impurities are added to them. After experimenting with various chemicals, Esaki was able to produce a sample with which he demonstrated that tunneling can occur in semiconductors-something that had been suspected but never proved. Esaki's tiny gadget, called a tunnel diode, quickly found use as a switching device in electronic applications, performing much faster than a vacuum tube or even a transistor...
Those who fear fainting spells might like the necklace that contains a small oxygen mask. Another necklace, this one trimmed with peacock feathers, monitors the wearer's body temperature. An ornate gold and silver bracelet carries an electronic gadget that measures pulse rate. Perhaps the farthest-fetched item is an enclosed vehicle, with "legs" in back and wheels in front. It carries one rider and is powered by a small motor. Called the Madison Park Stroller, it is supposed to be a piece of art as well as a conveyance...