Psychic gramophone of 1932
From the November, 1932 issue of Modern Mechanix, this skeptical account of a telepath-powered gramaphone!
LinkMajor Raymond Phillips, O.M.E., late member of the Inter-Allied Commission of Control, claims to have evolved apparatus which will cause a gramaphone or kettle to function entirely by will power.
Major Phillips explains that the human body acts as an earth and the constant capacity is maintained within three yards of the apparatus. A momentary pause in the flow to earth through the body—produced entirely by mind concentration—is followed by an upward surge of sufficient intensity to cause a series of relays to operate.
That’s the story. You can take it or leave it. We have a sneaking suspicion that somebody is being kidded.
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I tend not to trust skeptics. There's something suspicious about them.
"Inter-Allied Commission of Control"? Was their headquarters a giant pyramid with an eye on top?
This explains it... Deely Boppers aren't just a silly toy; they're a plot by Big Electricity to steal our bodies' built-in power! And - could it be - those suspiciously white iPod earbuds might be used for the same nefarious purpose!
"Psychic Gramophone"
That's gonna be the name of my band!
(Though I'm also leaning toward "Commission of Control".)
We have a sneaking suspicion that somebody is being kidded.
Begone unbeliever!
Grandma phoned? What is it with geeks and spelling? You get it right in the heading and then its all downhill from there.
If I had one of these babies I'd use my stress vibes to fire up the kettle, then calm back down with a cuppa.
Wikipedia says: "The term Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control was used in a series of various peace treaties concluded after the First World War (1914–1918) between different countries. Each of these treaties was concluded between the Principal Allied and Associated Powers (consisting of the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan) on the one hand, and one of the Central Powers like Germany, Turkey or Bulgaria. See, e.g., Treaty of Versailles.
"One of the terms of such treaties required conversion of all of the Central Powers' military and armaments related production and related facilities into purely commercial use. The decision and the modus operandi to ensure this rested with a Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control. The Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control was also entrusted with a number of other responsibilities, including:
" 1. to fix the number of customs officials, local urban and rural police, forest guards and other like officials under the control of the Government of the central power concerned.
" 2. to receive from the central power concerned information relating to the location of the stocks and depots of munitions, the armament of the fortified works, fortresses and forts, the situation of the works or factories for the production of arms, munitions and war material and their operations."
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Inter-Allied_Commission_of_Control