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Show A Manless Man-O'-War Among the amazing development: c f the last year or two is that of th radio robot, or mechanical device controlled con-trolled by radio, which has assumec many forms, from a talking and moving mov-ing mechanical "man" to a radio controlled con-trolled battleship. So far, the most remarkable production pro-duction in this line is the radio control con-trol equipment installed on the British Brit-ish battleship Centurion, whereby it; movements may be governed by trans mitters carried by a destroyer two or three miles away. As described by Dr. E. E. Free, this radio control enables en-ables the distant destroyer commander command-er to cause these functions to be performed per-formed aboard the battleship: Start and stop the engines, change course, throw up a smoke screen, and even regulate the playing of the ship's phonographic band; all without a single man aboard the Centurion. Many experiments, more or less successful, have been made in America with radio controlled airplanes, tanks, automobiles and motorcycles, as well as radio directed naval ships during target practice. It would suit most of us if in the next war it were possible to send out machines alone to do the fighting, while humans remained behind the lines attending to their other duties. |