The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
Substitute Human Being Is
Put Through PAGES
Before Club.

r. ]. Wensley OF the Westing-
house Electric Manufacturing Com
pany and his automatic man, Tele-
YoX, came to indianapolis today,
The appeared before members of
the Indianapolis Scientech Club at
noon at the Chamber of Commerce.
where Wensley, through a series of
electrical operations, ordered his in
vention 70 do certain Things that
promptly and accurately we're done.
The odd-looking electro-mechan
cal human being" that possesses
a general resemblance to its in
ventor and millions of other human
beings, answered the phone, can
unveil a picture. operate vacuum
sweeper, percolator, the furnace
draft or the piano.
The procedure, as explained and
demonstrated by Wensley is this:
The master of the mechanical man
calls the latters number by tele-
phone. Televox lifts the receivey by
means of a relay and buzzing
sound comes back over the wire
which informs the caller he has the
correct number.
Telephones His Orders
In front of Wensley'S phone is
cabinet containing tuning forks,
an simplifying device and loud
speaker He pressed a button that
actuated one on the tuning forks,
which. to the unspeaking second
party is the question, Are you
there?" or Hello" In reply came
the answering buzz.
Through a series of buzzes Wens-
ley was able to determine from his
invention whether the sweeper or
the percolator was in the control
of TelevoX Learning they were not
ne directed the servant" to do the
things he desired and in return re-
ceived the buzzing that indicated the
orders carried out.
In the same way, Wensley eX-
planned. the electrical device can be
directed to stop things that are
being carried out.
According to Wensley there is no
limit to the possibilities for use OF
the Televox. He stated the time may
come when the business man or
housewife will carry a supply OF
small tuning forks in order the
Office or home might be called and
instructions given that will be car
ried out.
It do not know how far this thing
may spread" Wensley said. There
are eighteen million telephones in
use in the United States today This
machine can operate over any phone
line where the voice connections can
be obtained
ut will replace one of the human
beings on one end of a telephone
connection. 1t will work over long
distance as we'll as in local calls
and can be operated across the con-
tinent.
I'VE are too close to the begin
ring of this remote control PROPOSE
ton to predict anything definite"
Former Resident of City
Wensley will demonstrate his in
VeIlClOI dI lIl6 lISeIlIlS VI bllS AlllSi-
1can Institute of Electrical En-
gineers Tuesday night at the Lin
coin Hotel.
The Government is using some of
the mechanical men produced by
Westinghouse, Wensley said. An
official at the capital gives an order
and many miles away the machines
hear" the order and operate the
gates of three reservoirs supplying
water to Washington, D. G.
Wensley is a former Indianapolis
man. He attended high school here
and later was employed by the San
born Electric Company. In 1909 he
became assistant chief engineer of
the Merchants Heat and Light Com
pany. Four years after he became
assistant engineer of the American
Public Utilities Company at Grand
Rapids, Mich, and has been with
Westinghouse since 1916.