Inventions
- Attribution
- Posted10 June 2020
People Fixing The World. Kids fixing the world. Audio, 23 minutes
Clever inventions by children that could improve our lives, from apps to robots
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted19 May 2020
The Global Ventilator Race. Audio, 28 minutes
Engineers and inventors worldwide are rushing to build new ventilators. Are they any good?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted29 April 2020
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- Posted30 March 2020
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- Posted24 March 2020
World Wise Web. The mobile phone. Audio, 10 minutes
In 1973, Marty Cooper made the first public mobile phone call using his new cell phone
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
World Wise Web. The iPod. Audio, 10 minutes
In 2001, Apple’s iPod revolutionised how we listen to music
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Disrupters. Sir James Dyson, founder of Dyson. Audio, 14 minutes
'Start a business because you have a passion for something.'
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted10 November 2019
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy. Vickrey turnstile. Audio, 10 minutes
How did an invention that was never built help make the modern world?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted2 October 2019
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- Posted22 September 2019
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- Posted1 August 2019
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- Posted30 August 2019
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- Posted3 August 2019
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- Posted2 September 2019
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- Posted2 September 2019
- Attribution
- Posted25 August 2019
The Prototype. Audio, 28 minutes
Hannah Catherine Jones meets instrument inventors challenging the status quo.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Singer Story: Made in Clydebank. Video, 59 minutes
How the Singer sewing machine helped establish the town of Clydebank.
- AttributionBBC Scotland
- Available for 4 months
Witness History. The man who invented wingsuits. Audio, 9 minutes
The wingsuit is the ultimate in extreme sports clothing, for BASE jumpers and skydivers
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
