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  1. Search for Realism, A (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Kevin Newport
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 47 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Discusses computer graphics and visits firms in California and Japan to see the latest hardware and software research aimed at producing realistic images. New research and systems have revolutionised...

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  2. Gallium Arsenide: Pulled from Obscurity (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Kevin Newport
    Subject
    Design; Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Traces the role of inventor, product champion and commercial developer, using as a case study the ‘high pressure crystal puller’. This machine enabled the development of gallium arsenide wafers on which...

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  3. Innovation on the Rails (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Kevin Newport
    Subject
    Design; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The process of researching and developing fast trains takes time; the idea for the Advanced Passenger Train came 20 years ago. Yet business needs are changing all the time. Shot on location in Derby, and on...

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  4. Marketing the Micro (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Kevin Newport
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence OUT OF DISTRIBUTION Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Discusses the process of translating ideas into market products. The theory gives two generalised processes: ‘technology push’ and ‘market pull’. Two case studies demonstrate the theory: Atari...

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  5. Power to the People? (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Kevin Newport
    Subject
    Design; Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Large-scale projects such as Concorde, the nuclear power programme, the Channel Tunnel and the proposed Severn tidal barrage have at least two characteristics in common: they are publicly funded (or the...

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  6. Gas and Steam Turbines (1982 Video)

    Director
    Martin Wright
    Producer
    Kevin Newport
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at the theory behind gas turbine cycles using studio animations and a schematic model. A visit to the CEGB Ironbridge Power Station shows how this is used in practice. Shows the working gas and steam...

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  7. Looking at Heat (1982 Video)

    Producer
    Kevin Newport; Martin Wright
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Demonstrates the use of infra-red thermography to monitor the effectiveness of arthritic drug treatments. Another important method of heat transfer is convection and this is illustrated using the technique...

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