August 2, 2007

Midget Robot Selects Programs (Sep, 1935)

Filed under: Radio — @ 3:03 am
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Sep, 1935
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Midget Robot Selects Programs

ADDING the last word of luxury to the radio-phonograph instrument, electrical engineers have produced a remote control box less than half the size of a cigar box that can select radio programs, adjust the volume, turn from radio to phonograph, and even select the desired record. It operates from any room.

2 Comments »

  1. Yay! Further evidence for your “anything could be called a robot in the ’30s” thesis!

    That is a pretty impressive gadget, robot or not.

    Comment by Kryten007 — August 2, 2007 @ 8:30 am

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    observable hyperbola?covenant potash …

    Trackback by holdem site — June 17, 2008 @ 2:17 pm

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