Word: tinkertoy
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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...want a doll, no dinky tinkertoy...
...compact little factory on the outskirts of Washington, executives and technicians from 200 companies in the electronics industry last week inspected a secret project of the Navy. After three years, and $4,700,000 spent in experiments on "Project Tinkertoy," the Navy and the National Bureau of Standards had developed an almost automatic assembly line for many electronic parts...
...automatic machines, Project Tinkertoy now turns out 200 to 300 finished units an hour. Production goal: 1,000 an hour. Cost per unit: 50?, about half as much as the conventional unit. The Government holds all patents, will let anyone use them. Said one Navyman: "The field is wide open . . . We hope that private industry will pick up the ball and run with...