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  1. Hypothermia

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    114
    NoS ID
    329542
    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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  2. Spraying

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    114
    NoS ID
    329543
    Story no
    2 / 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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  3. Fillcheck

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    114
    NoS ID
    329544
    Story no
    3 / 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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  4. Midges Measure Muck

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    114
    NoS ID
    329545
    Story no
    4 / 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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  5. Fabrics

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    115
    NoS ID
    325497
    Story no
    1 / 5

    COI synopsis: Most garments through the centuries have been made from cloth, but the way the cloth looks and feels is subtly changing in technology’s hands.

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  6. Standardisation Of Clothing

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    115
    NoS ID
    325498
    Story no
    2 / 5

    COI synopsis: Most clothing sizes are based on statistics of height and girth as interpreted by each manufacturer, but at London’s Royal College of Art they are recording dimensions, shape, and even skin...

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  7. Pre-Shaped Clothing

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    115
    NoS ID
    325499
    Story no
    3 / 5

    COI synopsis: Much of the art of the dressmaker lies in forming a flat piece of cloth so that it fits over the curves of the body. In the future one mould may form the cloth as effectively as paper patterns,...

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  8. Acclimatisation

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    115
    NoS ID
    325500
    Story no
    4 / 5

    COI synopsis: The supersonic age takes technology to extremes of temperature, and if the jet set traveller is to keep up he must streamline his responses to changing climates. Clothing designed at...

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  9. Fabrics

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    115
    NoS ID
    329546
    Story no
    1 / 5

    COI synopsis: Most garments through the centuries have been made from cloth, but the way the cloth looks and feels is subtly changing in technology’s hands.

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  10. Standardisation Of Clothing

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    115
    NoS ID
    329547
    Story no
    2 / 5

    COI synopsis: Most clothing sizes are based on statistics of height and girth as interpreted by each manufacturer, but at London’s Royal College of Art they are recording dimensions, shape, and even skin...

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