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Smoke and Mirrors

Atomic Radiation Robot Lights A Model’s Cigarette, 1948

General Electric’s Mechanical Hands, on exhibition at the Golden Jubilee Exposition at Grand Central Palace, New York, demonstrate their dexterity by lighting a model’s cigarette. The hands were designed by General Electric scientists to handle objects contaminated by atomic radiation. Seated at the controls, the operator is separated by a wall from the hands. A set of mirrors enables him to watch his manipulation of the hands. [Photo: ACME, Oct 1948]

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