Coping With Complexity: Ocean Buoys

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

151

Length of issue (in feet)

503

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Coping With Complexity: Typereader
2. 2Coping With Complexity: Ocean Buoys
3. 3Coping With Complexity: Verisign
4. 4Coping With Complexity: Tractor Tank

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: This issue looks at a few new ways of managing the increasingly complex problems of modern life. Computer simulations, for instance, show how to cope with the complexity of planning a modern airport and designing a motorway: but coping with complexity doesn’t always involve computers... Charting the almost infinite complexity of the oceans’ tides and currents is important for shipping - and even important for dealing with pollution. A new type of drogue-buoy uses existing navigation systems to radio its position continuously back to shore as it floats freely in the open sea.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Communications; Science and technology; Marine

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]

COI Reference

MI 1458/151

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Editor

Peter Greenaway

Cutter

Peter Greenaway

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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