Ray of Hope

Synopsis: Looks at the users of lasers in telecommunications and medicine and their possible use in America’s ‘Star Wars’ programme. In medicine lasers are used in delicate eye operations and in general surgery as high-precision bloodlesss scalpels. They can remove tattoos and port wine stains, and have great potential for unblocking the clogged coronary arteries which can cause heart attacks. Laser light carried by optical fibre is replacing copper wire in the telephone system. Videodiscs and compact discs are read by a laser beam and lasers are used to make holograms - 3D images on a glass plate.
Series: Qed, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.
Year of production: 1984
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Information technology; Medical sciences
Keywords: lasers; plastic surgery; telecommunications

Producer

John Cross

Cast

Anthony W Clare

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
Contact: Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email: BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
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Television Centre
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Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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