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Hamilton Inventor: Policeman Dave Robertson shows device he says will stop drivers from speeding away.
Hamilton Inventor: Policeman Dave Robertson shows device he says will stop drivers from speeding away.

Hamilton Inventor: Policeman Dave Robertson shows device he says will stop drivers from speeding away.

Date9/12/1985
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132857F
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Inventor: Richmond Hill High School student Chris Hook has developed a device that can help the severely disabled type on a computer by whistling, nooding or flexging a muscle
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Using his head: Rick sipos, right, shows fellow students how, by using a device strapped to his head, he typed an essat on Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four that won his school's literary contest
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Wave of success: Charlie Hall, 39, inventor of the water bed, shows off a model at a manufactures' show at the Constellation Hotel.
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Expert: Prof. Merit Davis, standing on Bay St. at the Lake Shore Blvd. crossing, says the combination of heavy traffic and drivers who may be unfamiliar with Toronto add up to a sure formula for accidents.
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Cliff Penney says course has been a help to some TTC drivers.
Cliff Penney says course has been a help to some TTC drivers.
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Charge it: New licences, with magnetic strips like credit cards, would allow drivers to pay speeding tickets on the spot and let police look up driver history
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Dr. Minasy shows anti-shopleft device. Electronic alarm wafer is attached to goods
Dr. Minasy shows anti-shopleft device. Electronic alarm wafer is attached to goods
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