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...through the gently rolling shopping malls and heavily wooded station wagons south of Chicago. Just down the street from tomorrow, you will encounter the cybernetic, servomechanical, 1¼-acre kingdom of Ben Skora's. Don't expect road signs. "Just ask anybody for the guy with the robot," chuckles Skora...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Illinois: A Better Robot? | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

...louder and faster than any other movie ever made. Cary Grant did everything right as Walter Burns; it must have been a great surprise to see him work in this sort of part after the more submissive work he'd been used to. Rosalind Russell talks like a robot with too many "D" batteries in her--and she's a wonder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kubrick Gets His Kicks; Hawks Hyperventilates | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

...radiation experiments is appalling! India has decided to ban further shipment of rhesus monkeys to the U.S. [Feb. 6], but what of the fate of animals from other sources? God gave man a wonderful gift-the ability to feel compassion. Unfortunately, science is rapidly making man into a robot, devoid of feeling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1978 | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

...least in Act I): Shipley Munson as the aforementioned squeakyvoiced space-person named Xeno Phobia, Michael Der Manuelian as the slick and sleazy Otto Beolaw, Stephen Hayes as the seductive and slinky Giovanna Dance, and Willy Falk (Betty Won't--get it??)--my personal favorite--as the wacky robot R2E2. (To those actors who undoubtedly stood out in Act II: I offer my apologies for not having stuck around...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: The 130th Clone | 2/25/1978 | See Source »

...less than $800?and prices will continue to fall. Many domestic devices that use electric power may be computerized. Eventually, the household computer will be as much a part of the home as the kitchen sink; it will program washing machines, burglar and fire alarms, sewing machines, a robot vacuum cleaner and a machine that will rinse and stack dirty dishes. When something goes wrong with an appliance, a question to the computer will elicit repair instructions ?in future generations, repairs will be made automatically. Energy costs will be cut by a computerized device that will direct heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Computer Society: Living: Pushbutton Power | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

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