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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moved RCA strongly into circuitry, controls and computers. RCA has developed the first medium-sized, all-transistor computer, hopes to find a big market in paper-clogged Wall Street. Burns took over RCA's money-losing color-TV project, cut losses in half last year, expects soon to put it in the black. Result: RCA sales have jumped sharply for the first time in four years; first-half sales rose 17%, profits...
...Disposable Toothbrush. A plastic toothbrush designed to be used once, then thrown away, will be put on sale by the Flex-I-Brush Corp. of Lodi, NJ. Filled with toothpaste and sealed in plastic film, the brush is molded in one piece of polyethylene. Price: 10? each, three...
High-Speed Film. A still-camera film 15 times faster than its present film was put on sale by the Polaroid Corp. for use with Polaroid Land cameras, which take, develop and print photos in 60 seconds. With a low-cost ($17.95) "wink light" that fills in background shadows and replaces flashbulbs, the new film takes pictures in table-lamp light. Cost: $1.79 per eight-exposure roll...
Fish Finder. A small (6 in. in diameter), portable fathometer depth sounder for amateur fishermen, which flashes a red signal when a small boat passes over a fish, was put on sale by Raytheon Co. The device, small enough for use on a canoe or raft, sends out ultrasonic signals that fish cannot hear, is powered by a self-contained battery...
Pretty to look at, pleasant to listen to, the new Blue Angel is a distinct cut above most summer film fare. But there was harsh truth in Marlene Dietrich's comment when she was asked what she expected of the remake of the film that put her into orbit. Said Marlene: "Hollywood people have delusions of grandeur. They just think they can make...