Computer Man

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1970

Length of issue (in feet)

458

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Man’s imperfect shape, size and capabilities have been put onto punched tape to enable a computer to help design the perfect car. Control accessibility, pedal-reach, seat contours - the computer man comes back with immediate answers on every possible variation that would otherwise take months of design trial and error.

Keywords

Science and technology; Motor vehicles; Engineering; Computers and computing; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 36 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/41

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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