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  1. Professor Thring’s Chair

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    14
    NoS ID
    325339
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: The latest idea to help both the disabled and workers on a production line is a highly mobile chair controlled by a simple joystick - designed by a leading expert on robot devices Professor...

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  2. Boom In Hull Scrubbing

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    21
    NoS ID
    350849
    Story no
    5 / 5

    COI synopsis: Ships’ running costs work out at about £1,000 a day - and a dirty hull can cut down the speed by as much as one knot. Now hull cleaning in dock is a booming business for divers - replacing...

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  3. Pisces

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    40
    NoS ID
    350970
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: Seventy-two per cent of the earth’s surface lies under the ocean and to explore the ocean bed many types of machine have been made. Now the latest - Pisces, a luxury submersible for two...

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  4. Black Box For The Farmer

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    13
    NoS ID
    350798
    Story no
    5 / 5

    COI synopsis: Electronics down on the farm can now bribe a cow to deliver more milk with the promise of more food. One of the first tentative steps in the agricultural engineers’ quest for fully automated...

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  5. Black Box For The Farmer

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    13
    NoS ID
    350797
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Electronics down on the farm can now bribe a cow to deliver more milk with the promise of more food. One of the first tentative steps in the agricultural engineers’ quest for fully automated...

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  6. Lawn Mower Grand Prix

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    12
    NoS ID
    350786
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Ex-racing driver Tom Barnard built a mini racing car for his six year old son. Capable of 72 kph it was so successful that he is now in business with a full scale production line.

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  7. Friction Heat For Super Weld

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    21
    NoS ID
    350847
    Story no
    3 / 5

    COI synopsis: Engineers spend most of their time fighting friction - but now they have put friction to work - welding on a car assembly line. A principle so simple that over a million welds have been made...

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  8. Dervla Murphy

    Date released
    1968
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    213
    NoS ID
    350052
    Story no
    2 / 3

    NoS synopsis: An interview with the world travelling cyclist and author, Dervla Murphy.

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  9. Etching And Ions

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    17
    NoS ID
    350820
    Story no
    3 / 5

    COI synopsis: To understand fully the structure of blood and to know exactly how it reacts to a given treatment the top layers of blood cells can be removed by bombardment with ions to reveal its inner...

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  10. Sails Under The Microscope

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    17
    NoS ID
    350821
    Story no
    4 / 5

    COI synopsis: What happens to a sail as it stretches under the force of the wind? Researchers - using special techniques normally used for preparing maps from aerial photographs - are hoping to answer...

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