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Fairman's pacemaker, about the size of a pocket transistor radio, weighed only 12 oz., was powered by a 9.4-volt battery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Wired for Living | 1/11/1960 | See Source »

...Transistorized TV. A portable all-transistor TV set that operates on home current or a self-contained rechargeable 12-volt battery was announced by Tokyo's Sony Corp. The set weighs only 13 Ibs., measures 6¼ in. by 8 in., with a rectangular screen running 8 in. diagonally. Sony will start selling the set in Japan in March, plans to export soon after. Japanese price: about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jan. 11, 1960 | 1/11/1960 | See Source »

...theory that a museum should be a popular showroom of art rather than a quiet haven. Cheek even goes so far as to pipe soft music through the museum galleries (different music subtly matched to the mood of different galleries), provides visitors with canned gallery talks (on transistor radio sets) as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Cheek's Changes | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...manufacturing subsidiaries are publicly owned, and of these only eleven have some degree of Australian ownership. But the Aussie who invests in a domestic company can make handsome profits on his own. In a land that is turning out its own diesel engines, railroad cars, jet aircraft and transistor radios, stocks are an investor's dream. Ansett Transport Industries, Clyde Industries (engineering), Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. (steel) are all up 50% in a year, while Colonial Sugar Refining has jumped 70% and Rothmans Ltd. (cigarettes) a whacking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: The Boom in Australia | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

...clipped of accent, bumped into the grand lady who of course turned out to be his long-lost love. As the two bodies collided, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet overture suddenly thundered of pain and passion. "I say," muttered the colonel. "You seem to have turned on my transistor radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Major Clown | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

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