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November 3, 2012 10:59 am PDT
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Radio Police Automaton
Here's a miraculous Radio Police Automaton from the May, 1924 issue of Hugo Gernsback's Science and Invention. It will be useful for dispersing mobs, and for war. Note the built-in tear-gas tank. Also the "loud-speaker used to shout orders to the mob." Mr Gernsback notes, "They will be well-nigh irresistible." There's something decidedly pre-Ewok about [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/dEDJjwvkAZE/radio-police-automaton.html
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