Inventions
- Attribution
- Posted4 February 2023
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- Posted14 January 2023
Witness History. How cat's eyes were invented. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1934, Percy Shaw invented cat's eyes, the reflective studs in the road
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. New Thinking: Breakthroughs at Being Human 2022. Audio, 42 minutes
Benjamin Franklin in the Lakes, the former slave who invented light bulbs, ganzflicker
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Witness History. The invention of the seat belt. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1958, Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted2 November 2022
- Attribution
- Posted29 May 2022
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- Posted23 May 2022
The End of Invention. Audio, 28 minutes
The rate at which scientists and inventors discover new things is slowing. How to fix it?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted17 November 2021
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- Posted8 November 2021
- AttributionCBeebies
Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom. Series 1, Da Vinci. Video, 27 minutes
Dick and Dom reveal the genius of artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci.
- AttributionCBBC
- Available for over a year
Horrible Histories. Series 7, Ingenious Inventors. Video, 27 minutes
A look at some of history's most ingenious inventors.
- AttributionCBBC
- Available for over a year
- AttributionBBC One
- Attribution
- Posted13 October 2021
- Attribution
- Posted23 September 2021
Witness History. The birth of Karaoke. Audio, 9 minutes
The man who invented the Karaoke machine speaks to Witness History
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Word of Mouth. The Art of Inventing Languages. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Rosen is joined by David J. Peterson, language creator for Game of Thrones.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted6 June 2021
- Attribution
- Posted7 May 2021
Horizon. 1964-1965, The World Of Buckminster Fuller. Video, 45 minutes
The work of Buckminster Fuller, the inventor of the geodesic dome. (1964)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
