Washing-day Becomes a Holiday

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 48, 13 June 1930, Page 32

Washing-day Becomes a Holiday

Wuar may be termed a novel and most interesting method of ‘controlling present-day machinery was ion view at the Laundry Exhibition recently held at the Agricultural Hall, "London. A washing machine was exhibited, controlled by speech. This immense machine consists of a polished steel drum, 12ft. in length and about 8&ft. in diameter, and is capable of washing about 10001b. of clothes in. an hour, a task that woul? oeceupy about 200 washerwomen for the same period of time. At the word of command. "Start." spoken into a microphone fixed at the end of the machine, this immense monster becomes charged with life, the steel cylinder reyolving without human interference. At the com-- . mand "Stop" the: machine comes to a standstill. Needless to say, this type of cortrol was only installed: as an -expertment. The next development will probably he the production of a gramephone record to give the necessary orders.