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lf
present trends continue,
here is what the
suburban
American city could be like
in five years.
T
HE TIME
is ten-fifteen on a
dark, cloudy evening in Feb–
ruary. The setting is an
affiuent U. S. suburban neigbbor–
hood. Occupants of the homes in
this "walled village" ( entrance into
which is controlled by guards on a
24-hour watch) rest peacefully,
watcbing an old rerun of
The FBJ
or the new television series
The
(1·iminals.
Crime Alert !
Suddcnly a car tu rns down the street!
Immediately it is picked up by a Lan–
cing Infrared Photo-Electric System
triggered when the car interrupted an
invisible beam of light directed across
the cntrance of the street. (Similar to
the beam you may trigger walking into
a store.)
A beeping alarm sounds in
every
home
on the block. The occupants
scramble to their various security con–
trol rooms (usually located near the
kitchcn). Quickly, they rnan their
central communications computerized
security equipment. This large main
control unit connects with the many
devices used throughout the home.
The anxious qucstion is:
Priend or
Poe?
Thc car continues slowly clown the
street.
Mothers instruct their children to
turn on the Auto-Lock Series 5000.
This quickly jams all the locks on the
few windows and sliding doors of the
borne. (Most affluent homes by then
being built with only interior courts for
maximum security.) When glass is used
in these new bornes it is the sturdy
Solid-Strike burglar-resistant plexiglass.
Not even a smashing sledgeharnrner can
break through in
sixteen Stl'ings!
Personal Surveillance Equipment
in Action
There are several surveillance cameras
available to the average homeowner.
This particular block chose the popular