TOYS THAT TELEGRAPH TOMORROW 

IN THE DAYS WHEN EUROPEANS WERE STILL LIVING IN CAVES, THE CHINESE WERE PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS AND HELICOPTERS. THOUSANDS OF YEARS LATER THE EUROPEANS CONVERTED THOSE TOYS TO ROCKETS AND PRACTICAL OFF-EARTH VEHICLES. MANY OTHER DREAMS OF MAN HAVE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE AGES VIA SIMILAR TOYS TO BECOME EXTREMELY USEFUL PRODUCTS.

TODAY THAT HASN'T CHANGED, BUT THE SETTING HAS. TWO STORIES UNDERGROUND, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BURRARD AND GEORGIA STREETS IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER, SOME OF THE NEW BREED OF MODERN-DAY INVENTORS AND TINKERERS ARE FOLLOWING THEIR OWN PATH, MUCH IN THE MANNER OF TESLA, EDISON, DEFOREST AND FORD DURING THE HEADY DAYS OF THE INDUSTRIAL AGE. THIS LABORATORY HOLDS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF THINKING INDIVIDUAL: ONE WHO REALIZES ALL THINGS ARE CONNECTED. THEIR "MARVELS" ARE ALSO VERY DIFFERENT. BUT THEIR INDEPENDENT THINKING IS JUST AS STUBBORN, ECLECTIC, DARING AND BRILLIANT AS THEIR NOW DISTINGUISHED PREDE- CESSORS. LAURENCE PICKUP, MAURICE GOULET AND THEIR COLLEAGUES IN PACIFIC LEVITATION SYSTEMS INC. ARE SO CLOSE TO THE CUTTING EDGE THAT IT IS SOMETIMES HARD TO DETERMINE WHICH SIDE OF IT THEY ARE ON.

TO FINANCE THEIR BOLDER DREAMS THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A TOY GLOBE. IT DEMONSTRATES ONE OF THE ADVANCED PROJECTS THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. THEIR GLOBE IS "HELD" IN SPACE BY MAGNETIC FORCES -- JUST LIKE THE MOON AND EARTH. IT ALSO DEMONSTRATES A TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL PRODUCE A PHENOMENAL ADVANCE IN THE TRANS- PORTATION, ELECTRICAL GENERATION AND OTHER FIELDS, ONCE PERFECTED. IT IS THE FRICTIONLESS BEARING. WHEN USED IN SPACE IT WILL NOT EVEN ENCOUNTER AIR RESISTANCE. COUPLED WITH SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, NOW BEING ADVANCED RAPIDLY AT A HUNDRED WORLD CLASS LABORATORIES, THE FRICTION- LESS BEARING COULD PROVIDE THE CLOSEST THING YET TO PERPETUAL MOTION.

THIS "TOY" GLOBE ALLOWS A JUMP IN COMPREHENSION DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE THROUGH READING A TEXTBOOK. IT WILL BECOME A POPULAR "EXECUTIVE TOY". IT HAS ALL THE VIRTUES. IT'S AN ART OBJECT. ITS EDUCATIONAL AND INDUCES SCIENTIFIC CURIOSITY. THIS MAGNETIC LEVI- TATION GLOBE IS MYSTERIOUS, FASINATING AND FUN.

CONTROLLED BY INVISIBLE FORCES, JUST LIKE OUR PLANET, THE GLOBE USES MODERN ELECTRONICS AND THE LAWS OF PHYSICS TO HOLD ITS UNUSUAL POSITION. SPUN SLIGHTLY BY HAND AND FOLLOWED BY A TEMPORARY STREAM OF AIR FROM YOUR MOUTH, THE GLOBE WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN -- ON FRICTIONLESS BEARINGS -- LONG AFTER YOU HAVE WALKED AWAY. MY SUGGESTION: DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY FOR THAT EXECUTIVE WHO HAS EVERYTHING. GET HER ONE OF THESE GLOBES. YOU WILL BE BANK- ROLLING WORK ON ADVANCED LASER PRINTERS WITH SCANNING POLYGONAL MIRRORS, ROBOTIC VISION, HIGH DEFINITION MONITORS AND MEDICAL AND CELL CULTURE INCUBATOR CONTROLS. THE WORLD WILL PROBABLY BENEFIT MORE FROM THIS EXPENDITURE THAN FROM YOUR TAXES. MORE INFORMATION: ROWEENA BACCHUS, PACIFIC LEVITATION SYSTEMS INC., #31, 1030 WEST GEORGIA STREET, VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA V6E 2Y3.

TEL 604/682-5824. FAX 604/682-4386.

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