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COI synopsis: Electricity distribution stations need constant maintenance to ensure supply. The men who perform this hazardous task work in close proximity to live cables of massive voltage. Faraday’s...
COI synopsis: Fire doors save lives in emergencies; by blocking off the corridors they prevent the spread of the fire. But they also block the corridors for people trying to use them - for some, like the...
COI synopsis: If a heavy lorry stops suddenly, its tailboard takes on the appearance of a knife. It slices through the soft metal of cars, crashing into it, either decapitating the passengers or snapping...
COI synopsis: New burners that can flare-off vast amounts of high pressure gas from oil fields, completely smokelessly and safely when emergencies require it.
COI synopsis: New systems and machines designed to help their users pinpoint the right time... or the right place. Closed circuit television - already common in industry - makes its debut in British...
COI synopsis: Pollution can suffocate the seas, drown the land and stifle the atmosphere. And less obvious but equally insidious forms of pollution make similar inroads into our existence. It’s an invasion...
COI synopsis: Giraffe is a rugged forklift vehicle. But like its animal namesake, it has a long neck which allows it to pick up or place loads over the heads of obstacles. And built in, is an ingenious...
COI synopsis: Piles - giant steel girders forced deep into the ground - have until now been manoeuvred into place by hand - a highly dangerous procedure. A compact new device now allows the piles to be...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Denovo Tyres. DESCRIPTION: The Denovo tyre is a break through in motoring safety, when a tyre has a blow-out it does not effect the equilibrium of the car. With the Denovo tyre up...
COI synopsis: New materials are developed for strength, for lightness, for cheapness or to improve industrial processes. But some materials, as we discover this week, are developed purely to increase safety....
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