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  1. Computer Artist

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    62
    NoS ID
    351098
    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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  2. The House Electrons Built

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    81
    NoS ID
    351201
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Joshua had divine assistance to bring the walls of Jericho tumbling down. Warwick University architects use a computer to calculate stress and loadings in the hope that the buildings they...

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  3. Polychromatic Dyeing

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    46
    NoS ID
    351015
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Tie-and-dye may be the rage among the younger set but how do you repeat the patterns commercially? Answer - a programmed spray-on dyeing machine giving the range and variety of colours and...

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  4. Computer Art

    Date released
    Apr 1971
    Series name
    Parade
    Issue no
    89
    NoS ID
    352718
    Story no
    3 / 5

    COI synopsis: A computer used by Tom James to transform a photograph into a colour painting.

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  5. Computerised Brewery

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    38
    NoS ID
    350955
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Every harvest of wine varies, but the beer drinker likes to be guaranteed the same quality and flavour every time. Now with the complete automatic brewery and two hours of time, 11,000 gallons...

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  6. Computers

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    Date released
    Aug 1968
    Series name
    Roundabout
    Issue no
    75
    NoS ID
    327868
    Story no
    2 / 5

    COI synopsis: Factory testing of a new ITC 1900 computer.

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  7. Computer Saw

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    135
    NoS ID
    325569
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Not all trees grow the same, and timber reaches the sawmill in many shapes and sizes. A computer controlled saw works out the best way of cutting up the incoming timber so that there is very...

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  8. Talking To Machines

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    166
    NoS ID
    325704
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Good working relationships have always depended heavily on being able to talk with your co-workers. Now you can talk to your computer - and get an immediate response!

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  9. Crystall Ball Farm Game

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    91
    NoS ID
    325422
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: If Old Macdonald were to up-date his farm he might well find himself installing a computer terminal. It may not be able to tell him when to plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the...

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  10. The World’s Second Largest Computer Company

    Date released
    1968
    Series name
    London Line (Colour series 2)
    Issue no
    27
    NoS ID
    350201
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Another marriage of Industrial giants. London Line investigates the most recent big business merger - between Britain’s three top computer firms - to produce the world’s second largest...

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