Results: Stories
134 results found for '"Mike Willcox"' in Credits.
Thunderbird Fashions Are Go
- Series name
- Tomorrow Today
- Issue no
- 23
- NoS ID
- 329400
- Story no
- 1 / 4
COI synopsis: Despairing of the fashion world ever catching up with the space age - the film team responsible for creating the highly successful science fiction puppet characters ‘Thunderbirds’ and...
Matchstick Vertiport
- Series name
- Tomorrow Today
- Issue no
- 69
- NoS ID
- 329447
- Story no
- 1 / 4
COI synopsis: A new concept in airports or vertical take-off and landing planes. Offices, terminal, restaurants, etc., below while planes use the roof as a runway.
Skin Bank
- Series name
- Tomorrow Today
- Issue no
- 23
- NoS ID
- 350866
- Story no
- 2 / 4
COI synopsis: The urgent need in burns cases is to replace damaged skin areas - a vital life-saving operation. Using new low temperature techniques, skin can now be stored for months - even years - enabling...
Radiation Detector
- Series name
- Tomorrow Today
- Issue no
- 23
- NoS ID
- 350867
- Story no
- 3 / 4
COI synopsis: For prospectors and treasure seekers - or serious research workers - a new portable radiation detector gives an accurate reading of the amount of radioactivity present while discounting...
A Steel Wig?
- Series name
- Tomorrow Today
- Issue no
- 23
- NoS ID
- 350868
- Story no
- 4 / 4
COI synopsis: In Britain one steel company alone produces enough steel tubes in a year, to stretch two thirds of the way to the moon. From the exotic - a steel wig - to the prosaic - breweries and oil...
In Air Iceing
- Series name
- Tomorrow Today
- Issue no
- 69
- NoS ID
- 351137
- Story no
- 2 / 4
COI synopsis: Realistically arctic conditions at the touch of a switch - liquid nitrogen, steam, and water sprays in freezing air, are some of the techniques for producing man-made snowstorms for essential...
Pneumatic Hydrocraft
- Series name
- Tomorrow Today
- Issue no
- 69
- NoS ID
- 351138
- Story no
- 3 / 4
COI synopsis: A boat that literally floats on air - streams of air bubbles cut down the drag of water, giving a fast and nippy mover.
Line Overload Indicator
- Series name
- Tomorrow Today
- Issue no
- 69
- NoS ID
- 351139
- Story no
- 4 / 4
COI synopsis: When lightning strikes electricity power lines and there’s black-out, this neat, automatic device immediately helps to pinpoint the break, saving hours of frustrating checking.
Throwaway Sheets
- Date released
- 1970
- Series name
- Tomorrow Today
- Issue no
- 26
- NoS ID
- 329403
- Story no
- 1 / 4
COI synopsis: Paper makes the housewive’s washday dream come true. For a 25 bedroom hotel the paper sheet can slash dramatically, the £2,500 a year laundry bill.
Children’s Teeth
- Date released
- 1970
- Series name
- Tomorrow Today
- Issue no
- 29
- NoS ID
- 329406
- Story no
- 1 / 3
COI synopsis: Comedians have made fortunes out of protruding teeth - for thousands of children, however, it’s an affliction that is far from funny. At King’s College Dental School in London scientists...