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Covers a range of new applications for digital technology and communications: Internet publishing, cartoon animation and videophone conferencing, with a description of how the telephone system developed from...
1: An examination of the electricity industry: uses aerial photography and 3-D computer modelling to explain the operation of two major generations of power station: the 1960s’ coal-burning station at...
1: [For synopsis see unter title PATTERNS IN THE DUST.] 2: Follows the theme of links between technology and health to air pollution. Shows how petrol and diesel engines in town are responsible for...
Intended for viewing by T102 students at summer school, working on their waste management exercise. The video is in the form of a news report that highlights the pros and cons of four types of waste...
1: How to write reports. Two professional writers, Elizabeth Geake of the ‘New Scientist’ and naturalist Colin Tudge talk about their professional ways of working. Ms Geake tells how to gather...
An introduction stress and materials, filmed at the construction site of the Waterloo International Terminal in London, showing the inter-relation of structural design and choice of materials, and the use of...
The video component of an OU package for professional engineers, forming part of a COMETT project. It introduces the technique of finite element (FE) analysis of stresses in an engineering component. A case...
A negative aspect of automotive transport is increasing levels of air pollution. Engineering improvements and materials science help to solve that problem. The catalytic converter is an advanced example of...
Explores the materials science behind the engineering of national electricity supplies, both above and below ground. Shows work inside a high-voltage test lab and inside the production areas for porcelain...
Developments in information technology have greatly changed the way most of us work, and there is more in store. This video visits two of the world’s leading computer companies, Intel and Microsoft, whose...
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