Dots, representing test of abilities of seven groups of people of different trades of professions appear on the cathode-ray viewing screen of a giant robot psychologist much in the manner of the Milky Way on a clear night. Up to 50 groups can be tested by the machine, an electronic computer known as a psychological matrix rotator. The machine is now being used by Army psychologist to aid in "seeing that the right than gets the right job for the army service. Developed by engineers at the General Electric Company's General Engineering Laboratory, Schenectady NY, from a basic design prepared by Department of Defense psychologists, the computer literally hums through complex mathematical problems in statistical psychology that would take months or even years to solve by hand computations.

General Electric Company1953-03-02