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  1. Pocket Refractometer

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    87
    NoS ID
    351225
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: A small pocket prism to prove the proof of your sherry and spirits.

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  2. Bee Sucks

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    87
    NoS ID
    329467
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: And, whether in cowslip’s bell or onion’s dome, it collects pollen, that vital message in genetic cypher which triggers off production of the seed. Agricultural entymologists are...

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  3. Asthma

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    87
    NoS ID
    351224
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: He lurks in damp places, he hides under the bed, and he eats human skin. He’s the house dust mite and he causes asthma. Stew him and his own juice provides a vaccine to ease the wheeze.

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  4. Seaclear

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    64
    NoS ID
    351109
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: You may not be able to stop the accidents which spill oil into the sea, but at least you can contain the oil slick in this free-floating boom. Completely surrounding the oil until it can be...

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  5. Bead Cushion

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    87
    NoS ID
    351226
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Aircraft ejector seats have saved the lives of many an aircraft pilot, but the explosive force is considerable and he has to take it sitting down. A seat cushion filled with plastic beads...

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  6. Contouring The Human Face

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    62
    NoS ID
    329440
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: A loose oxygen mask, a projected picture made up solely of lines, and a pretty girl, all add up to a brand new way of analysing shapes.

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  7. Responset

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    62
    NoS ID
    351099
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Afraid of looking a fool by giving the wrong answer in class? Worry no more - there is a new teaching aid around where only you and the teacher knows how bright you are! At the flick of a switch.

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  8. Plastic Bags

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    62
    NoS ID
    351100
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Plastic bags really are useful and not just for holding things either. Place one around a swollen limb, blow the bag up and the swelling goes down!

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  9. Computer Artist

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    62
    NoS ID
    351101
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Ever tried painting a landscape in the rain? Messy business. No problem now as our old friend the computer can be programmed to draw views of the countryside purely from the information on an...

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  10. Smithy Breaks Record

    Date released
    15 Nov 1934
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    388
    NoS ID
    033548
    Story no
    1 / 6

    Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and navigator Taylor reach Oakland on "hop" across Pacific Ocean from Australia via Fiji and Hawaii.

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