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Show I ELIMINATE DELAYS BY "ELECTRIC EYE" I' ' -J " "' ' ' f- t-l. ' ' - Left to right. I'rof. II. It. 8heldon of New York university physics' department and Dr. Phillips Thomas of the Westlnghouse Klectrlc company, watching a demonstration of a new light sensitive device, before the members of the Klectrlcul society at the Engineering Societies' building. It Is exacted thut unnecessary traffic delays, caused by the flashing of a red light ar "stop" signal on a muln thoroughfare at times when no vehicles are wultlns to cross the Intersection may be done away with forever. The new system gives motorists a green signal continuously until a car on the cross street comes within a short dlstunce of the Intersection, at which time the lights automatically auto-matically revert to a prearranged "set" program operutlon. The automatic feature of the system Is made possible by a new application of the photo-electric photo-electric cell, or "electric eye'' which literally "sees" automobiles or other vehicles aud regulates the signals accordingly. |