Show Machines ac ones That a Are re remos Almost mos Human uman By E E. E C. C TAYLOR The T THE HE a robot similar to the television machine gets pictures at places where human being cannot ll live e such as at the bottom of the ocean or high up In the air The robot picks up the picture at atthe atthe atthe the sea floor or in the thin air of ot high altitudes and transmits It by ra radio lo to toa toa toft a ft receiving machine that translates the electric waves Into a a photograph The robot is lowered Into the ocean ocean and sent aloft In a balloon It Is di directed dl- dl by men on the ground and when It Is pointed at the object to be photographed starts sen sending Us its flashes of vibrations that are recorded Mice like the image of ot a television broadcaster broadcaster broadcaster broad broad- caster Is recorded ed on the television islon receivIng receiving receiving re re- set The rhe mechanism of ot the lie robot transmIts transmIts' transmits transmits' transmits transmits' trans trans- mits' mits the pictures direct from Crom the object object object ob ob- ob- ob being photographed without the necessity of ot making preliminary ex ex- ex- ex It sends cn s the electric Impulses of ot the picture one at a time and they are picked up by the receiving apparatus apparatus ap ap- ap and flashed before a camera A complete picture can be sent Bent in one-eighth one of a second Equally as remarkable in the eyes of most people Is the robot that sends photographs by hy telegraph and by ra ra- dio The sending of pictures by telegraph telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph Is universally done nowadays When a great news event occurs In Ina Ina ina a far distant country or In a part of or orthe the United States far from home photographs photographs photographs pho pho- of It are sent In a few minutes min min- utes to the newspapers that we read Pictures of ot the Inauguration of a new Thew President of the United States In Washington are printed within an hour hourin in newspapers on n the Pacific coast const When there is a great earthquake or other disaster In n Europe or Asia these robots send the pictures to AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican newspaper newspapers by cable This Is a companion device to the radio for the speedy dissemination o of news to the people of ot the world This sending of ot pictures by wire is becoming an Important factor In busi busI- ness An engineering firm in NewYork New New- NewYork NewYork York city recently sent a set of ot complicated complicated com com- mechanical drawings to San SaD Francisco They arrived In time to enable the firm to complete a contract several days ahead head of the specified time and thereby made considerable profit for tor the firm i The latest fashions are sent by wire wire- now Important financial announcements announcements announcements announce announce- ments are transmitted Just as they have hn been heen set up In t type pe at the home office to prevent error In resetting the type where they are received Ph Physicians send photographs of tm- tm showing conditions that need Immediate diagnosis Facsimiles of ot checks have hae transferred lar large sums large e sums of money In a few minutes when they have b been en transmitted by wire The robot frequently g goes es to the aid of the police poUce in catching criminals Photographs and even een fingerprints have ha been c n sent to distant cities to aid aidIn aidin aidin in the hunt for criminals This robot sends out electrical vi vibrations vibrations vi vi- one at a time They are received received re re- by y a device attached d to a wrItIng writing writing writ wrIt- ing pen that draws a line as each Impulse Impulse Im Im- Impulse pulse Is received The pitch of th the vibration of ot each Impulse makes th the theline theline line light or heavy These lines are drawn very Cry rapidly and when the entire entire entire en en- tire operation Is completed In a fe few minutes there is a picture that when photographed on a smaller scale Is a clear copy of ot the original picture The same device Is frequently used se seto to transmit photographs by y radio sending the electrical impulses through the air Instead of ot over wires But the wires so far have been found to give greater accuracy In reception A movie moyle camera operated on a similar sim ilar principle is being use used by the United States coast and geodetic survey survey survey sur sur- vey to take pictures of tl tides es and water water water wa wa- wa- wa ter currents beneath the surface It does docs the work of ot several men anI and does It accurately The device recently was submerged in Chesapeake I bay n to make studies of or orthe the tidal currents It contained a compass compass compass com com- pass and a revolving dial on which the direction and strength of ot the currents currents currents cur cur- rents were recorded One picture was made each half halt hour and amI the ma machine machino worked steadily and without attention for a week at the bottom of Chesapeake peake bay Careful analysis of tho the charts recorded aided In the planning of a sewage disposal plant 2 1981 1931 Western N Newspaper Union |