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...back in 1941, the theory was that more boys would be able to play, injuries would be reduced and smaller colleges would get a chance to make the best use of their football talent. In practice, things worked out just the opposite. More boys played, but they became the robot-like specialists of the two-platoon system; injuries increased because the players never got a chance to warm up again after riding the bench; and more than 50 colleges quit football because they had neither the money nor the manpower to support the huge two-platoon squads. Last week, abruptly...
Artist Boris Artzybasheff's cover drawing for this week's issue of TIME marks the first appearance of the space robot of tomorrow on TIME'S cover. But in the past, TIME has devoted a number of covers (26 in all) to other newsworthy personalities outside the human fold...
...Robot engineers...
...Robot Cook. At Manhattan's airlines terminal and other busy places, Lunch-O-Mat Corp. installed a new food-vending machine which uses a Raytheon radar stove (TIME, Oct. 28, 1946) to cook and serve a hamburger, a baked ham sandwich, frankfurter or coffee within 15 seconds after coins are dropped in the slot. The vender also serves cold sandwiches, pies, milk and fruit juices. Price of the machine...
...Robot Elevators. In Evanston, Ill.'s Washington National Insurance Co. building, Otis Elevator installed an electronically controlled elevator system which, it says, makes self-service pushbutton cars practical in busy office buildings for the first time. Only 2½% more expensive to install than regular operator-run cars, the new system is controlled by an electrical brain which can regulate the elevators in busy morning hours to make a maximum of up trips and, at quitting time, to concentrate on down rides. Riders press a button to start the elevator and select their own floors. Other features: a weighing...