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  1. Communications and the Future of Money (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1999 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    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...

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  2. New Generations and Piping Hot (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    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...

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  3. Patterns in the Dust and Batteries Included (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Environmental science; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1999 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    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...

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  4. Waste - Summer School Video (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    AVAILABLE AS COURSE MATERIAL ONLY, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 16 min.

    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...

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  5. Writing a Report (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Education; Information technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min.

    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...

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  6. Bridging the Gap / The Best Laid Plans (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby; Gail Block
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min.

    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...

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  7. Hub of the Matter, The (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 56 min.

    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...

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  8. Catalysts Against Pollution (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Chemistry; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    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...

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  9. Hidden Power (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    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...

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  10. It at Work: ‘For Your Information’ (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min.

    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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