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...Heath has drilled into the skulls of 32 schizophrenics, planted electrodes deep in the forebrain of each, and fastened the wire leads to a plastic plate mounted on the skull. In one particular part of the forebrain, Dr. Heath has found what he believes to be abnormal, "spiking" brain waves of a type peculiar to schizophrenia. This is one of the research avenues he is following. He has also found that schizophrenics who seemed hopelessly withdrawn and deranged sometimes show a striking outward improvement after they have carried the electrodes around in their heads for a few weeks and have...
...automobile with a magnesium body that weighs only 132 lbs. (v. a minimum 650 Ibs. for a steel car body). Designer K. J. Cross, managing director of Britain's Essex Aero, Ltd., believes that magnesium bodies are far superior to plastic, which take longer to fabricate. The lightness of magnesium bodies makes possible higher speeds and quicker acceleration for cars Cross hopes to have his magnesium car in production for export to the U.S some time this year. Price: around...
...long black hair, neatly combed. I shook my head and looked around the office. The walls were lined with photographs of his numerous before-after triumphs. A red bottle, a green bottle and a pale yellow bottle were ranged artistically along his desk, and a brush in a plastic stand took the place of a pen on his blotter...
...vein it has been profitably mining for years. The phenomenon of polarized light has been a scientific curiosity for at least two centuries, but Land, as a teen-age youngster experimenting in his home laboratory, was the first to find a way to exploit it. He impregnated plastic with tiny needle-like crystals that allowed only light waves vibrating in a single plane to pass through. As a physics student at Harvard, Land perfected the idea, and left before graduation to found his own company...
Asserting that "functionalism also is a blind alley," Sert maintained that architecture must use the combined resources of the plastic arts to "embody a way of life...