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COI synopsis: Dams, spectacular edifices of concrete and steel, and months of major engineering. But one hour’s work can install an extremely effective barrier across a stream or river which in concept is...
COI synopsis: Producing wire by conventional methods occupies a vast are of factory space, but the helical extrusion machine can reduce a heavy copper billet 15,000 times to a filament of wire in one...
COI synopsis: A hundred thousand ton tanker can take up to six miles to stop, three miles to turn, two miles to deflect. One plastic disc, and a few eccentric curves, could prevent these leviathans from...
COI synopsis: Combine a permanent magnet and an electromagnet so that one will counteract the other and you have a means of getting steel plates unstuck... where and when they’re intended...
COI synopsis: The electro-encephelograph has a prolific output of pen-traces registering activity in the brain. The Cerebral Function Monitor reduces these to one simple trace and provides a clear, immediate...
COI synopsis: Stick one carpet to another and you can’t see the join! It’s all done by a special strip of foil and a five second burst of electricity.
COI synopsis: Take some standard steel pontoons, two locomotive-type diesel engines, bolt them together and you have a flying carpet for very heavy duties. It will hover above the ground with up to 100 tons...
COI synopsis: The computer becomes part of the electronic apparatus available to the anaesthetist during a surgical operation. With the computer’s help he can predict whether a patient has any hidden...
COI synopsis: When an apple fell on Isaac Newton’s head he blamed it all on gravity, but ethylene was just as much to blame. It makes fruit ripen, and causes fruit and leaves to fall. Research into the way...
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