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  1. The Phantom Brain

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    113
    NoS ID
    325492
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: In the treatment of some illnesses, it is necessary to insert a probe into a particular area of the brain. To make sure that the probe goes to exactly the right spot surgeons and engineers put...

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Computerknit

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    118
    NoS ID
    325511
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: An electronic knitting machine takes the clicking of needles a long way from the days of one plain, one purl... Fairisle sweaters are a mere limbering-up exercise. But the designers of knitting...

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  6. Instant World: Light Box

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    149
    NoS ID
    325619
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Science has given time a different meaning - what was once the work of years is now achieved in days; days are reduced to seconds. This issue looks at a few of the developments which are...

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  7. Instant World: Laser Welder

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    149
    NoS ID
    325620
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Science has given time a different meaning - what was once the work of years is now achieved in days; days are reduced to seconds. This issue looks at a few of the developments which are...

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  8. Instant World: Instant Oasis

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    149
    NoS ID
    325621
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Science has given time a different meaning - what was once the work of years is now achieved in days; days are reduced to seconds. This issue looks at a few of the developments which are...

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  9. Instant World: Madge

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    149
    NoS ID
    325622
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Science has given time a different meaning - what was once the work of years is now achieved in days; days are reduced to seconds. This issue looks at a few of the developments which are...

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  10. Prevention Of Waste: Wasteplex

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    150
    NoS ID
    325623
    Story no
    1 / 5

    COI synopsis: Nearly everywhere today a major concern is cutting back on waste to help preserve resources. But first, spot your waste! This issue spots a few obvious, and a few very strange areas where...

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