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  1. Total Mobility Tyre

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    107
    NoS ID
    325471
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Dangers from high-speed blow-outs are minimised with a new tyre which allows drivers to keep control of their cars even after a blow-out at high speeds, and the tyre can be driven on for up to...

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  2. Floating On Air

    Date released
    1968
    Series name
    London Line (Colour series 2)
    Issue no
    34
    NoS ID
    350232
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Science has come up with a new angle on an old industrial method. A film of high pressure air two and a half thousandths of an inch thick replaces roller metal bearings. No friction - no...

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  3. Technology And Design: Flying MattressType Right

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    199
    NoS ID
    325850
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: How new technologies give rise to the redesign of common elements and shapes. A new high performance kite which inflates as it flies. Its flexible shape is that of an aircraft wing, so that it...

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  4. Groovey Machine

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    121
    NoS ID
    329567
    Story no
    2 / 2

    COI synopsis: Aquaplaning can be a hazard of high speed driving on wet concrete surfaced roads. Grooves cut in the concrete’s surface make the surface safe, but tend to cause a high pitched whine from the...

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  5. Groovey Machine

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    121
    NoS ID
    325520
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: Aquaplaning can be a hazard of high speed driving on wet concrete surfaced roads. Grooves cut in the concrete’s surface make the surface safe, but tend to cause a high pitched whine from the...

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  6. Coal Prices Rocket - Now for Windmills!

    Date released
    18 Jul 1955
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2544
    NoS ID
    045934
    Story no
    5 / 6

    High power experimental windmill supplies Scottish grid, pioneering new power source. St Albans Central Electricity Board also experiments with new type windmill.

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  7. Ingenuity: Scoop Boat

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    170
    NoS ID
    325719
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Solutions to some everyday problems that didn’t need high technology to be resolved, but just a bit of ingenuity. A boat that can "scoop" an injured man quickly and painlessly out of water by...

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  8. Rugby Wireless Station

    Date released
    3 Jan 1927
    Series name
    Empire News Bulletin
    Issue no
    71
    NoS ID
    047820
    Story no
    7 / 7

    Slade catalogue entry: Who’s that a-calling: London 1-9-2-7 calling New York through the high power station at Rugby, the telephonic link between the Old World and the New.

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  9. Yo-Yo Saddle

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    249
    NoS ID
    326014
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: All cyclists know the problems raised by a high saddle - it’s OK when you are pedalling, but agony when you stop. Inventor Albert Vince has come to the rescue with a two height saddle. A...

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  10. Ingenuity: Ball Barrow

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    170
    NoS ID
    325722
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Solutions to some everyday problems that didn’t need high technology to be resolved, but just a bit of ingenuity. The first wheel barrow that doesn’t have a wheel. It has a ball instead. A...

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