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...then, Dr. Drosselmeyer, the half-crazy inventor scientist who gives Clara the gift of the eponymous Nutcracker, entered. The clock went spinning 'round, lights flashed, time was transformed, and so was the show...
...first project of its kind in the state, according to its inventor, Ron Brown, the associate director of publicity at the Cambridge Public Library. Although other commuter libraries exist in Toronto and Decatur, Georgia, this is the only one that relies purely on trust...
Three weeks later Ledoux had found it. With parts picked up at a local Radio Shack store, the first-time inventor developed an infrared tester the size of a cigarette pack that could easily be held near the lights. And the price was right: just $8.70 to buy a phototransistor, light-emitting diode, switch, casing and nine-volt battery. Ledoux sent the plans to Army officials, who asked to sample the actual device. The gadget proved popular with other test crews, and the Army estimates that its use will save an average of $6.3 million a year. Ledoux stands...
...Lumieres, whose family owned a photographyfactory in Lyons, modified an earlier invention ofThomas Edison, the kinetograph, inventing a muchmore portable camera than the American inventor's.Although Edison produced motion pictures with hisunwieldy machine, he did not show them to thepublic because "he did not want to sell the goosethat lays the golden eggs," Petric said...
DIED. William S. Halstead, 84, prolific inventor whose more than 80 patents include the technology for adding stereo sound in motion pictures; of pneumonia; in Los Angeles. Halstead, born in Mount Kisco, N.Y., in 1950 developed a system that allowed FM stations to use sidebands of their main frequencies for stereo transmission. After World War II, Halstead helped create the first commercial TV network in Japan...