Evening star., 1935-03-24
By the Radio Editor.
A HUNDRED years from now!
n What will life be like If radio
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~ and its many offshootS, called
\ the electronics arts, continue
their remarkable strides?
From o. H. Caldwell, eminent scien-
tific editor and formerly member of
the Federal Radio Commission, We get
q glimpse into what he believes will
be the order of things in AID. 2035.
First, however, 1t should be pointed
out these visionary developments are
based largely on the electronics art,
which had its beginnings little more
than decade ago with the perfection
Of the radio vacuum tube. From it
was developed the photoelectric cell.
better known as the electric eye, and
regarded as the closest approach to
the human brain cell ever devised by
man. The electric eye today Is the
utilitarian of many arts and indus
tries. It Is employed as the control
in hundreds of lines of activity. con-
trolling street traffic light systems,
elevator Jewelers., counting and sort
ing, experimental television, surgery
and other operations.
With that in mind. let's peer into
the next century with DR.. Caldwell.
He says:
"And on those rubber streets silent
automobiles will move by electricity
derived from atomic energy. One or
two drops Of fuel will operate car
for q year. These autos will be
roomy and comfortable inside. be-
cause with the motor underneath the
whole length of the car can be used
for passenger space, making COM
Portable living room on wheels. Even
the horns will be silent, because the
super-tonic tones will be inaudible
except to the driver and pedestrians
in the beam. Traffic signals will ap-
pear as red and green lights on each
drivers own dashboard.
THE homes of 2o35 will be lighted
by new cathode-ray illuminants,
making night asSbright and cheerful
as day. And these houses will be
heated by high frequency magnetic
oscillations, keeping every one warm
inside, even with the windows open
and fresh Winter air blowing through.
Photo-electric roofs on our houses
will supply us with our energy, utiliz-
ing the hundreds of thousands of
kilowatt hours which the sun pours
upon our roofs all day long.
"On our radios home printing at
tachments will deliver us the days
newspapers and magazines. Tele-
vision screens will picture the news
as 1t happens, and tel-olfaction, the
new process of transmitting odors, will
produce appropriate scents to accom-
pany sight and sound. An aid to ad-
vertisers of food products will be tele-
gustation, the transmission Of tastes
and realistic fiavors. A maker of
strawberry jam, for example. may
send out the taste of his delicious
preserves, along with his broadcast
program, but it will be taste alone,
without nutrition.
'The longer Journeys of AID. 2035
will be accomplished by stratosphere
flights, utilizing the high rarified air
for airplane speeds of 400 to 900
miles per hour.
Our clothing will be more sensible
simple garments for men. Women's
and children's clothing may be printed
and assembled on great perfecting
presses such as the newspapers use
today. Our weather will be manu-
factured on demand in our populated
Centers. Rain will be banished from
the cities, where it does countless
damage to clothing and tempers-and
will be made to fall instead as well
come moisture in the farming regions
when it Is needed"
IF YOU happen to hear repetition
i Of the same songs by different radio
performers over the air in the
future, you won't be able to blame the
"song- -pluggers" who use every con-
ceivable sort of method to induce
artists to puff" their numbers. That
is because song plugging" is barred
in the code of fair competition for
the music publishing industry. just
promulgated by N r. A. after two
years of negotiation.
AS written the code forbids use Of
any coercive methods to induce singers,
orchestra leaders and other performers
Of any character to perform their |
numbers. 1t is called unfair competi-
tion in the code.
Here's what the publishers can't do
In the future: Bribery of performers
to puff" songs: furnishing of special |
arrangements Of professional copies or '