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Explained the story beneath: "Dropped axle, 4-inch-long shackles, reversed spring eyes and a leaf removed from the spring group account for snooping attitude of front end. Spic-and-span engine room houses a semi-torrid flathead with lightened flywheel, two-pot manifold, headers and special distributor . . . The lakes pipes are up front."* Thus the editors of Hot Rod magazine instructed do-it-yourself fans in the delicate art of transforming a 1940 Ford coupe into an authentic, snoop-fronted, 130-m.p.h. "iron...
...tracking camera uses an ultra fast f 1 lens with a 22-inch aperture. The image is photographed on a strip of 55 mm. CinemaScope film about one foot long. The camera can fix the satellite within one or two seconds of arc in space and within one thousandth of a second in time...
...completely buried implant, used by Dr. Stanley Behrman of Cornell University Medical College. The Behrman method, aided by modern physics, uses tiny (onequarter inch long) cobalt-platinum alloy magnets, the most powerful of their size ever developed. Inserted into the upper or lower jaw, the magnets attract other small magnets placed in the overlying denture to keep them in place. The mesh-covered magnets are strong enough to last the life of the denture-user...
...scalp. The hair is combed carefully away from the place of incision, made to lie flat and remain securely in place by spraying with a non-lacquer wave-set compound. The operation is performed in the normal manner, but surgeons need expose less than three-quarters of an inch of scalp in making the incision. Dr. Williams notes that many women become depressed after having their heads shaved, feels the new technique will help diminish anxiety over brain surgery. So far Dr. Williams has used the hair-saving method in 20 operations without a single infection...
...though decorative females may be taken along for plot purposes. According to a symposium of psychologists which met in New York last week to discuss the public's notions about space flight, this athlete-type spaceman is miscast for the part. Every ounce of weight and every cubic inch of volume will be precious on a spaceship. Big, strong crewmen will not be welcome. Only brains to act as computers will be needed, plus an absolute minimum of supporting tissue...