Evening star., 1934-07-01

N. Goldsmith and DR.. OH. CaldV
down their views. This is what
DR.. Lee DeForest, inventor of the
vacuum tube that makes modern radio
possible. often called the father OF
modern radio: In the next 100 years
there will be complete revolution IN
the manner of providing broadcaSts.
Certain stations will always broadcast
the same kind of material-so that
listener NAV know exactly where to
find the sort of entertainment or in
formation demanded by the mood of
the moment.
Predicts Five Groups.
The entire population will be
served by some so clearedchannel,
hjgh-power. high fidelity transmitters
connected by chain network into. say,
five groups One group of stations Will
broadcast nothing but popular music,
another nothing but classical music.
There will be two groups offering
educational material. and a fifth Will
provide home helps, political, dramatic
and miscellaneous offerings. This will
introduce an entirely new element
into radio-a new ability on the part
of the listener to select that material
which pleases him best.
"FOreicn radio stations will be
picked up direct on short waves and
will be freed from static and fading.
All programs will be entirely devoid
of advertising and high powered an
nouncers. who by then assuredly Will
have died off.
"As TO television-it will be quite at
home in our house of glass. Mr.. and
Mrs. 2O34 will have clear detailed
television pictures upon a small screen.
with perfect sound accompaniment
and with programs suited to the hour
of the day"
Power Via Air.
DR. Nikola Tesla, venerable physl-
rist. disCoverer of alternating current
and inventor of many devices in the
electrical and radio fields: Not many
tomorrows in the future man will
harness the energy-electrlcal energy
with which the atmospheric LAYERS
enveloping the earth abound. The
greatest possibilities are in the field
of wireless transmission of energy.
Power will then be available every
where, on land, on sea. and for the
operation of ships, flying machines
and countless other devices. large and
small. which will be supplied by manu-
facturers in unlimited quantities. A
traveller will be able to purchase a
light and compact outfit which will
provide him with illumination, heat
and motive power anywhere. Homes
will be lighted by electrodeless vacuum
tubes, which will last forever snd
consume trifing energy. Many new
household devices will be furnished
for convenience, comfort and sanitary
purposes.
For instance, an electric bath will
be introduced, enabling a person to
be cleansed from all dust and organ
iSms adhering to the skin. The bath
will also be Of therapeutic value.
Consider for a moment that the
earth might be huge dynamo whirl-
ing in this cosmic structure and
generating more power than we ever
will be able to utilize. l can envlSlon
4 revolution in transportation. Small,
compact units might be designed into
mans hat, having suthclent power
to propel humans through space to
their desired destinations. Trans
oceanic trips will be made through
the stratosphere at speed ap-
preaching that of light itself. Huge
iugernauts will hurtle through space,
carving the commerce of the world
along power lines that will radiate
from great metropolitan Centers. Com
n1unicatiOnS will be revised. The
tremendously expensive wire systems
and telephone connections will dis
appear and in their place will be the
simplifed system based on radio re-
visions of the present day"
Automatic Awakening Device.
Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith. consulting
engineer, former chief engineer OF the
Radio Corporation of America, presl-
dent of the Society of Motion Picture
Engineers: The Time Traveller, after
returning from his trip to the year
2034. was asked what he found in
that distant day. Let me tell you frst
what happened to me- he answered.
I was awakened on that morning In
June, 2034, by the soft Ginning OF
melody. 1 noticed at once a bright
play of colored lights swirling around
the walls and ceilings of the large
room in which 1 had slept. At the
same time the invigorating scent of
a pine forest swept through the room.
Some sort of automatic awakening de-
vice must have been used, for the
pine odor stimulated and fully
awakened me almost instantly.
The moment I arose from my
couch the shades in the walls and
ceiling of the room automatically dis
appeared. Sunlight poured into the
room. but the windows stayed shut
since the entire house. being air-con-
dit,oned, had an artifcially controlled
atmosphere. The walls were lined
with new radio mechanisms and super
sensitive photo-electric cells that
operated like a nerve and brain system
to produce at exactly the proper mo-
ment the things that should normally
follow the routine of a well-ordereo
household.
Previous Day Events.
"'As I seated myself the room
shades we're again drawn, and on the
large opposite wall dppcdIcu q 6'o" 1io
scene in colors, with motion and ap-
parent solidity. 1t was the radio
stero-chrome televisor in operation,
and it showed the events of the pre-
vious day and of the moment with
full spoken explanations and COM
ments.
Rising from my breakfast, saw,
lying in an alcove in the side of the
room, a pile of paper sheets beauti-
fully printed in color These we're
the radio facsimile recorded sum-
maries of the scenes I had witnessed
on the screen. and moment by mo-
ment new sheets we're added to the
pile. Clearly. if ! had missed the
events of the day or entertainment by
television, I could nevertheless review
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