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Introduction to the Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (1970 Film)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The development of the cathode-ray tube, the heart of the oscilloscope. Demonstrates how the oscilloscope can function as a voltmeter, a clock and a graph plotter.

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Computer-Aided Building Design (1966 Film)

Director

Trevor A Scott

Subject

Architecture; Information technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows how a computer equipped with a cathode ray display tube and a photoelectric light pen can be programmed to assist the architect in the design and planning of prefabricated buildings. Units representing...

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Project Nelcad (1970 Film)

Director

R Brodie

Subject

Engineering; Information technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Aims to demonstrate the power of computer-aided design and numerically controlled manufacture in engineering. Takes the design of a mixed-flow pump as an example. Shows on-line teletypes, cathode-ray tube...

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Wired (2001)

Subject

Engineering; Physics

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 10 minutes), £ 15 per item or £ 100 for the whole set (inclusive)

One of a series of 13 short films about remarkable scientific discoveries by Nobel prizewinners and their colleagues. This film looks at how radio, television and the computer have changed our lives through...

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Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields (1997)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 28 minutes), £29.00

Examines moving charges within a magnetic field by studying auroras. Demonstrates that moving electric charges experience a force in magnetic fields, and explains how to quantify this force and find its...

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Interacting with Computers: Output Devices (1996 Video)

Producer

Gavin Nettleton

Subject

Engineering; Information technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 14 min., 1999 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p) VHS, non-higher education 1999 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) higher education - master tape for re-editing and copying 2000 sale: £35.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) VHS, higher education

Looks at output devices for computers, including visual display units, printers, and sound and speech outputs. Also shows haptic devices, dynamic data displays and virtual reality devices. Shows the BT...

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Nobel’s Greatest Hits: Science (2001)

aka: Understand Science: Nobel’s Greatest Hits Explained

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £15.99

Five 10-minute programmes from the series NOBEL’S GREATEST HITS on topics relating to advances in science and understanding that have brought us to the brink of controlling and destroying our world .

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