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Building Research Station

Date released

Dec 1970

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

103

NoS ID

328013

Story no

3 / 6

COI synopsis: Britain’s Building Research Station where experiments on wind stresses and sound insulation are among problems studied.

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Breath Monitor

Date released

1979

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

245

NoS ID

326004

Story no

2 / 4

COI synopsis: Traditionally, nurses wanting to check a young baby’s breathing did so by feeling the slight movements of the abdomen. This can now be done continuously and remotely by a simple monitor,...

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A Miracle of Wireless Telephony and Sound Recording

Date released

19 Nov 1931

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

31/93

NoS ID

089501

Story no

6 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

Hear Mr Soullin speaking from Australia. Exclusive.

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Aids For The Deaf

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

88

NoS ID

352482

Story no

4 / 5

COI synopsis: The Royal Navy is helping deaf children learn to talk, by setting up electronic equipment that displays visual patterns of the sounds they make on an oscilloscope. Comparison with the correct...

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Exploration Into Sound

Date released

1968

Series name

London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue no

16

NoS ID

350141

Story no

2 / 3

COI synopsis: The science of electronics harnessed to musical tradition has produced a new dimension in sound. London Line listens to some recent electronic music compositions, and talks to composer Tristram...

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Sound Sentry

Filmed

Dec 1969

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

22

NoS ID

325347

Story no

1 / 5

COI synopsis: A new low price burglar alarm uses ultra-sonic waves to detect movement in a room - a device so sensitive that it can be triggered off by a fly.

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Crystal Sync

Date released

1969

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

17

NoS ID

350823

Story no

2 / 4

COI synopsis: In the production of sound films - the separately recorded picture and sound have to be synchronised with an accuracy of two parts in 100,000 - usually requiring a mechanical or electrical link...

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New Psychology Laboratory

Date released

1970

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

44

NoS ID

350990

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: For a shilling a time you can give someone an electric shock! Or you can see how sensitive you are to visual and sound stimuli, and how this relates to you being sea or airsick - that’s some...

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Quiet Diesel

Date released

1970

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

48

NoS ID

351032

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: Diesels are not the quietest of engines, and research shows that continual noise affects the ability of drivers. New methods are being used to damp down the sound without affecting the power or...

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Sound: Stress And Attention

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

152

NoS ID

325634

Story no

1 / 5

COI synopsis: Research at Cambridge University is discovering that, contrary to everything we’ve understood, loud noise of a particular low frequency can actually improve our concentration.

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