Results: Stories
210 results found for '"Fred Goodland"' in Credits.
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.
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...
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,...
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...
Survival Bag
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 120
- NoS ID
- 325516
- Story no
- 1 / 3
COI synopsis: A survival pack the size of a soap tablet, and weighing rather less. It’s a form of sleeping bag made of mylar, the plastic of space exploration and its reflective surface keeps the heat in...
Phantom Footprints
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 120
- NoS ID
- 325517
- Story no
- 2 / 3
COI synopsis: Even a burglar who takes all the time-honoured precautions against detection may find that he’s put his foot in it... literally. Plastic granules can reveal in some detail where shoes have...
Language Study
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 121
- NoS ID
- 325518
- Story no
- 1 / 3
COI synopsis: The sounds a child utters in early life are often meaningful only to its mother. But gradually the child learns a language familiar to us all. Just how it does this is the subject of research...
Sound Speed
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 121
- NoS ID
- 325519
- Story no
- 2 / 3
COI synopsis: The car radio makes a good travelling companion... for most of the time. But if you have been travelling fast along the motorway with the volume turned well up the loudness of the radio could...
Groovey Machine
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 121
- NoS ID
- 325520
- Story no
- 3 / 3
COI synopsis: Aquaplaning can be a hazard of high speed driving on wet concrete surfaced roads. Grooves cut in the concrete’s surface make the surface safe, but tend to cause a high pitched whine from the...
Accurate Measurement: Hot Water Plug
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 234
- NoS ID
- 325971
- Story no
- 1 / 3
COI synopsis: Science can frequently be startling and dramatic. But that drama is often the result of the painstaking gathering of detailed information. This programme explores how really accurate...