Designer - Man Or Machine?

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

Length of issue (in feet)

459

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Ever since the time of Leonardo da Vinci - builders have worked from detailed drawings - involving thousands of man hours of painstakingly accurate labour. Now a firm of consulting engineers has programmed a computer to eliminate 90% of the draughtsman’s work in designing reinforced concrete structures.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Engineering; Computers and computing; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/20

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Howard Williams
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Presenter: Marion Foster
Cutter: Peter Cullum

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