Show if machin es that are almost human by dy E C TAYLOR electric fleas DID ID you ever watch a circus of ruined fleas perfo perform see hem them imitating human bel being ng in III their stunts beneath a microscope science hai ties trilled electric fleas to 10 lo do much more ahlee electric feas are wonderful creatures they have been made to put out fires guard money turn tn street lights a aid d perform other manc mari loul clous tasks these ifwers are cheap too for a nickle one can buy wood of them and they are easily put to work ork according to dr philips phillps thomas research engineer of the RIc and manufacturing company labora torlea in pittsburgh pa an ounce of these leas fleas cepro bents kilowatt hour hours of energy you press a it button and IGO of them a mccond rass along the vires mires of your electric toaster at the breakfast table each morn log doctor thomas them fleas these remarkably eneri getic creatures of are simply electrons tha building blocks of the universe they are all exactly alike elike and cin be depended upon la in their actions electric fleas made their public debut at the annual meting of the american institute in isea w york in t february lebr uary in 1029 they watched the guests at dinner counted them and guarded them from a fire instead of speakers a it pall of mixed gasoline and kerosene wag nas placed at the heid of lie the table beside it was a device controlled by a photo electric eye this Is U a vacuum tube resembling an tin elre electric light bulb and an it Is so sensitive that it resl regie serj leri the mot minute changes in to ight faster than the human ere can con perceive them doctor struck a match to tie pall of explosive irl sture it ila flair tired ej but just as the flames leaped high the new mechanical man ariel el went to work it promptly put rut out the fire the 11 I 1 lit of the flames when ahen it reached lie the vacuum tube started that brought a fire extin Ll slier into play and a blanket of pis gis poured 01 er the flames quickly therel them the instrument looked some something thim like a hooded camera it bovea moved around until it pointed at the flames and then released the streams of fire extin extinguisher gult ier doctor thomas pred preditta Itts that this lichine will milt eventually do awny with expensive fire fighting ampara ing I 1 almost humin hum slid stid 1 it Is in he I got too cloe to the fire while ex lrI one day and it 1 ed all over me III su swear ear I 1 I 1 heard eard it chuckle it would be onerato l from ceilings with a number of photo cell units and wide area lenses co coloring ering the floor the pres ent sprinkler nIder astern need beat to turn it on this thir will ned only the light from the fire and it bouli operate in the tile restricted surface of the P light lit As another demonstration of what his home harnessed erectile clec elec tile fl IMS ells can do doctor I 1 horn is presented I 1 IS astus his man with an apple on his hn heid and re enacted the william am tell ept episode sod his ills bow aid arrow mere ere ultra modern it sl si ot light rays enste instein ld of arrows tre tte light flashed lashed and the apple fell rastus stood up tip and bowed and spoke a few words word to his aud audience lence then cat at dovic again 11 ill II this was done 1 dirrah I the of the new tube tubes in which the electric iras per farm at the bidding of their eclen list trainer scientists arc are at work I 1 perfecting this device for work ork in the indus tries on a new ew eions are being glen said doctor of the vast djs scope of the the electric Il leis aty perform one demonstration that it could be made to turn on and off the street lights of a illy city the te photo photoelectric electric tubes highly the to the fading light of day turned on a series of street lights as ili dusk fell and when git approached pro ached the next morning moraine it turned them off this highly sensitive delce delee 0 01 crated by slight v Y in light Is now at work in many brunches of industry it matches colors sort sorts fruit and vegetables and does miny other tasks that place it in the cl class a s i of t thinking hi n ki n in achl 04 st 1631 wt western r union I 1 |