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The article features Herbert W. Young, president of the electrical company Delta-Start Electric Co. Topics discussed include his pursuit in developing an electro-magnet that would exert a certain pull, his realization of the place of theory in business and the need to create radical new ideas before successfully building modern high capacity substations. Also mentioned is the problem encountered with engineers who express their individualism.

Discusses the issue of restoring the 18-minute gap found on one of the White House tapes used for the Watergate investigation in the U.S. Interrogation of former intelligence technician James McCord, done by the Senate Watergate Committee; Development of degaussers which are powerful electromagnets that can obliterate even the faintest latent trace of recorded information from a tape.

The article features artist Enrique Castro-Cid and discusses his artistic works. It states that Castro-Cid's art materials include electromagnets, electric eyes, air compressors and motion-picture projectors as his gift is in knowing how to combine them deftly into an esthetic commentary. It also notes that his robots have turned into cybernetic escapades and he plans to use under-glass movies, to script mechanical happenings.