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COI synopsis: A new divers’ lantern has a bulb which needs no cumbersome waterproof housing, and which can be changed underwater. Even when the bulb has been working for hours, it can be plunged into icy...
COI synopsis: A new aid for divers. It’s a small water operated suction pad which clings to any surface curved or flat above or below water, providing a convenient hand-hold wherever the diver needs it.
COI synopsis: A new anti-biotic which distorts the double spiral of virus DNA and so prevents multiplication of cancerous cells. Already being used to treat some forms of leukaemia and solid tumours, it’s...
COI synopsis: Dangers from high-speed blow-outs are minimised with a new tyre which allows drivers to keep control of their cars even after a blow-out at high speeds, and the tyre can be driven on for up to...
COI synopsis: A do-it-yourself item for the fashion conscious. It’s a simple way of getting your own colourful designs onto shirts and blouses.
COI synopsis: Designs into stitches. Scanmaster is a knitting machine which produces patterned garments in four colours automatically at one end from a design painted on squared paper fed in at the other.
COI synopsis: Accidents into designs. Photographer Bob Loosemore noticed that the chemicals used in photographic development could produce interesting colours and patterns if they happened to be in the wrong...
COI synopsis: The poisoned handshake. Farmers rogueing wild oats from their fields now use a special glove which squeezes herbicide onto the weed without affecting the rest of the crop.
COI synopsis: If you’re all at sea when it comes to navigation, ‘Mirofix’ can show you where you are and where to go. It’s of very simple construction, three perspex pointers and a mirror. You find...
COI synopsis: A machine to drill the very accurate holes needed for computer circuit boards. We exploited its acccuracy by programming it with a photograph. It produced for us the world’s first portrait...