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  1. Children in Cars

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    59
    NoS ID
    325384
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Seat belts in cars are normally only for adults but here’s a flexible three-part system ergonomically designed to cope with growing children from 2 to 12 years old.

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  2. C.P.I.L.S.

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    59
    NoS ID
    325385
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Automatic landing systems for aircraft - now so up-dated that even the smallest of airfields can handle them.

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  3. Disposable Oil Boom

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    59
    NoS ID
    352101
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Oil on rivers, a messy polluter of the water and a killer to wild life. Various methods exist to overcome it, but none as successful as this "Loch Ness Monster".

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  4. Limbs In Embryo

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    59
    NoS ID
    352476
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Millions of chickens hatch out every day, most are perfect but a few are malformed. Why? What causes the difference? Research goes on in Edinburgh to overcome the problems and ultimately to...

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  5. Sounds of Doom

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    78
    NoS ID
    325404
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: A suspension bridge buckling and twisting till it collapses demonstrates one of the more spectacularly catastrophic results of stress in metals... but more frequently the effects of stress...

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  6. Curiosity In Young Children

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    78
    NoS ID
    352477
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: Mrs Corinne Hutt’s little red box is an intriguing toy, and an invaluable accessory to her research into child behaviour. The imaginative antics that children perform when playing with this...

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  7. Protein Electrophoresis

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    78
    NoS ID
    352478
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: When we are ill, the balance of proteins in our blood alters. If particular diseases have their own protein balance new methods of diagnosis and treatment could be evolved. But first you have...

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  8. Hardness Tester

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    84
    NoS ID
    325410
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: Similar in principle to the cartridge of a record player this device assesses a metal’s hardness by forcing a diamond to indent the surface and measuring the voltage generated.

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  9. Unistud

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    84
    NoS ID
    352479
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: Cats’ eyes have for long burned bright to illuminate the roads at night. A development of the "cats’ eye" principle, ‘Unistuds’ provide a larger amount of reflection, are self-cleaning,...

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  10. Heart Disease

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    84
    NoS ID
    352480
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: Cholesterol has for some time been known as the substance which furs up the lining of arteries, leading to coronary thrombosis. But only recently has it been shown that cholesterol is released...

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