Passing: Inventor Of Motel-Favorite 'Magic Fingers' (NPR)
From NPR News:
All Things Considered
June 19, 2009
John J. Houghtaling, the inventor of the Magic Fingers vibrating bed, died on June 17, 2009 at the age of 92. The coin-operated Magic Fingers became a staple of roadside motels in the 1960s. Houghtaling invented the contraption in 1958 in his New Jersey garage.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105668180
All Things Considered
June 19, 2009
John J. Houghtaling, the inventor of the Magic Fingers vibrating bed, died on June 17, 2009 at the age of 92. The coin-operated Magic Fingers became a staple of roadside motels in the 1960s. Houghtaling invented the contraption in 1958 in his New Jersey garage.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105668180
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