GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Oct. 31, 1955

GOODS & SERVICES

Data by TV. To send check signatures from main banks to branches, transmit sales records, and perform similar jobs, Thompson Products Inc.'s Dage Television Division has developed a TV system called "Datavision." Datavision sends still pictures—which remain on the receiver long enough to be read, then fade off—can transmit up to 15 miles over ordinary telephone wires ($16 a mile) instead of coaxial cable ($36 a mile). The camera (3½ lbs.) and receiver will cost about $2,250, extra receivers about $625 each.

Waste Power. Sterling Drug Inc. has perfected a method to turn plant sewage water into a source...

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