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  1. C.P.I.L.S.

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    59
    NoS ID
    352100
    Story no
    2 / 3

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

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  2. Disposable Oil Boom

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    59
    NoS ID
    329436
    Story no
    1 / 3

    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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  3. Human Fly

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    67
    NoS ID
    352489
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: The latest footwear for roofwalkers. Anonymous - slip these on and you can walk over any roof - forwards, backwards, sideways.

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  4. Concrete Nibbler

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    67
    NoS ID
    351127
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Tungsten carbide teeth at 22 revs per second are irresistible - even for concrete - essential for running road repairs and runways. One quick chew - slip in a slab and good as new.

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  5. Radiation Therapy

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    67
    NoS ID
    351126
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Irradiating a cancerous area inside the body could possibly damage good tissue - that’s why this computer-linked technique has been developed to eliminate error.

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  6. Running Track

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    67
    NoS ID
    325393
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: A specially designed centrifugal indoor running track and a special surface combine to make quick getaways quicker!

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  7. Sounds of Doom

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    78
    NoS ID
    329456
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: A suspension bridge buckling and twisting til 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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  8. Curiosity In Children

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    78
    NoS ID
    352490
    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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  9. Protein Electrophoresis

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    78
    NoS ID
    352491
    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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  10. Hardness Tester

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    84
    NoS ID
    329462
    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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