February 7, 2012 at 3:27pm 26 notes
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Source: Los Angeles Times
July 19, 1965: Author Lawrence Lipton, chronicler of the beatnik scene, demonstrates his “robot,” Duhab (detector of undesirable hibitues). Lipton says robot ferrets out the undesirables – including censors, book-burners. Photo credit: Los Angeles Times Archive at UCLA 

July 19, 1965: Author Lawrence Lipton, chronicler of the beatnik scene, demonstrates his “robot,” Duhab (detector of undesirable hibitues). Lipton says robot ferrets out the undesirables – including censors, book-burners.

Photo credit: Los Angeles Times Archive at UCLA