[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahampowell/183522481/in/set-72157594189795391/) The Midge 5708 echoes the popular language of science fiction, an influence on so many consumer products of the time. The grill in particular seems thoroughly radical today, but would have been quite at home alongside contemporaries such as the [Emerson 613A](http://www.radiophile.com/emfan613.htm), and even Bob Bourke’s famous bullet nose [Studebaker](http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://frozenmotion.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/studebaker.jpg&imgrefurl=http://frozenmotion.typepad.com/frozenmotion/2005/week39/&h=435&w=640&sz=75&hl=en&start=12&tbnid=ttqbdjPs7AfxRM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstudebaker%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN) of 1950.