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  1. Fire Alarm for the Deaf

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    112
    NoS ID
    325489
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Communication, when other systems fail. The most elaborate system of fire alarm bells is only useful if they can be heard. For those who are deaf some other warning is needed, and this device...

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  2. Radio Heartbeats

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    112
    NoS ID
    325490
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: A radio telephone to save time and life. An ambulance is fitted with an electro cardiograph to record the pulses from the heart of an emergency patient. These pulses are printed simultaneously...

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  3. Atlas

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    112
    NoS ID
    329536
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Telecommunication in the computer age. It usually takes at least fifteen seconds to dial a number on a conventional telephone... double that if you make a mistake first time. The Atlas...

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  4. Pocketphone

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    112
    NoS ID
    329537
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Another telephone to save time, designed for those who are out of reach of a conventional telephone. This pocketphone is a development of the radio telephone with its own dialling system which...

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  5. Fire Alarm for the Deaf

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    112
    NoS ID
    329538
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Communication, when other systems fail. The most elaborate system of fire alarm bells is only useful if they can be heard. For those who are deaf some other warning is needed, and this device...

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  6. Radio Heartbeats

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    112
    NoS ID
    329539
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: A radio telephone to save time and life. An ambulance is fitted with an electro cardiograph to record the pulses from the heart of an emergency patient. These pulses are printed simultaneously...

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  7. Hypothermia

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    114
    NoS ID
    325493
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: If we are exposed to cold for a long time without proper protection our body temperature can drop dangerously low, and we are said to be suffering from hypothermia. A Scottish doctor has...

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  8. Midges Measure Muck

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    114
    NoS ID
    325494
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Midge larvae thrive in fresh water all over the world. Some like it really fresh, other species like their own particular brand of muck. By observing which species inhabit any stretch of a...

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  9. Spraying

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    114
    NoS ID
    325495
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: As yet there is no real alternative to crop spraying if we are to make sure that we are the ones who eat the food we grow. A range of sprayers that produce an extremely fine mist of oil based...

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  10. Fillcheck

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    114
    NoS ID
    325496
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: The dam busting bombers of World War II used a pair of angled searchlights to check their height, and the same principle is used in a machine that checks whether jars of coffee, for example,...

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