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COI synopsis: Designed to remove oil from polluted rivers this small tank can skim off up to two and three-quarters tons of oil per hour. The initials stand for self-levelling unit for removing pollution,...
COI synopsis: Scientists have built a river laboratory in which they can recreate a range of water conditions - rapids, sluggish pools etc. - and all aspects of river life. It’s particularly useful for...
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: 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: 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: 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...
COI synopsis: There’s nothing so frustrating to the driver of an ambulance or fire engine as a traffic light at red. In the City of Bath emergency vehicles have been fitted with a piece of electronics to...
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...
COI synopsis: As trains go faster, freight wagons are more liable to develop "hot boxes" through lack of lubrication. British Rail scientists have succeeded in intergrating carbon fibre with the metal of the...
COI synopsis: Water is vital to our food and to us, yet even in countries with heavy rainfall we are close to using more than Nature can supply. In North Wales they’re using computer control and rain...
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