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Only a few minor troubles marred the otherwise perfect flight. A fuel-cell warning light flashed on, but the cell itself appeared to be operating perfectly. The astronauts were unable to spot another light-a laser beam projected from a station in Hawaii-and thus could not conduct a planned laser voice-communications experiment. Astronaut Borman also sheepishly reported that a urine-sample bag had come apart in his hand...
Every thriller must, to some extent, be unreal. The more unreal the film, the more it depends on extrinsic elements--an Aston-Martin, an industrial laser--for thrills. We know that James Bond will vanquish the villain and get the girl, but we want to see how he does it. The great thrillers, however, take believable, though not necessarily ordinary, men and women and put them in unusual situations. There should be room for dramatic subtlety and technical invention, as well as for excitement, as in a film like The Third...
...Smells. Packing executives last week were urged to look even further by Dr. Augustus B. Kinzel, president of the National Academy of Engineering. Said Kinzel: "Get away from the idea that a steak is a steak is just a steak.' He suggested that a laser beam instead of a knife be used to cut meat with tissue-thin precision and that special blades patterned after the cryogenic needles now used in brain surgery be used to cut and cauterize at the same time. He believes that superhot temperatures can be employed to create new meat textures. Chemicals could also...
...more than half its sales from such mystical mechanisms as its $25,000 infrared spectrophotometer, a crucial tool in the development of synthetic fibers, and the $6,000 atomic absorption spectrophotometer, which almost instantly measures the amount of metal in a chemical sample. Lately, it has also branched into laser technology, produces the powerful gas lasers used in tracking missiles. For the U.S. space program, it makes the instruments that align the Saturn and Centaur guidance systems, the infra-red sensors that monitor carbon dioxide inside the Apollo spacecraft, and the cameras that photograph-and sometimes ride on-the rockets...
Carbide makes more than a thousand varieties of plastic (for women's coats, artificial wigs, handbags and baby bottles), last year acquired the Englander Co., a mattress maker, to spread sales of urethane foam. Its Linde division makes synthetic sapphires for scientific use with laser and maser beams, but has a profitable sideline in women's jewelry. In fact, though Carbide is primarily a supplier to other industries, it now counts about 10% of its sales in direct consumer products. Its longtime line of Eveready batteries includes 450 shapes and sizes, and its Prestone trademark...