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New Transmitter Saves Weight

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One-fifth of the usual transmitter weight will be required henceforth for ordinary communication purposes with a device announced to the American Psychological Association recently by Dr. J. C. R. Licklider, lecturer in Psychology and research fellow at the Psyche-Acoustical Laboratory. Known as the premodulation clipper, the gadget uses a fraction of the normal power in transmitting speech in a distorted but intelligible way.

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