 What didn't happen because of the original Super-Opener?
THE SUPER OPENER BY MICHAEL ZUROY [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, August 1958. The International rips apart cans in three and three-tenths seconds. Our own Piltdon opener barely manages to open a can in eight point nine without chimes. "But Mr. Piltdon, our opener still has stability, solidity. In four months I want a new can-opener that will be faster, lighter, stronger, flashier and more musical than any other on the market. I want it completely developed, engineered and tooled-up, ready for production. I've been trying to tell you for years that we're bound to fall behind because we don't have enough personnel to conduct research. A designer had to dream at his board, investigate, search, build, test, compare, discard. What had happened, to the proud dream he once had, the dream of exploring uncharted engineering regions, of unlimited time to investigate and develop? Since the early 1980's the schools had been turning out more technicians than industry could absorb. "We must work along classical can-opener lines. Three new models and a group of cans were waiting for them on the bench. It might seem that use of the proper gear ratios would give the required velocity, but there were too many other factors that negated this direct approach. The machinist departed and Hanson locked the opener on a can. Likewise several corn cans, sweet potato cans and corned-beef hash cans, leaving their contents intact.
 Feetch became famous
 Feetch became famous  Feetch got a raise  People had to begin wearing hats and helmets  Piltdon made a lot of money