Word: gadgeteers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...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...
...clever instrument that can tell the difference was the hit of an erudite conference that met at Venice to discuss new methods of archaeology. Called a proton magnetometer, the gadget is based on a principle of nuclear physics discovered only a few years ago. The nuclei of hydrogen atoms (protons) are, in effect, tiny magnets, and they line up like compass needles parallel to the earth's magnetic field. When nudged out of alignment, they oscillate for a few seconds, the speed of their oscillation changing with the local strength of the earth's magnetism. Buried objects that...
...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...
...Assembly building houses 450 Deputies in Byzantine comfort. Each man sits in a well-padded blue leather chair; on his desk is a row of white, green and red buttons linked to an enormous electronic vote-counting machine behind the speaker's platform. The only trouble with the gadget is that it does not work. Since opening day last fall, neither has Parliament...