P623 CEEFAX 623 Thy 23 Feb 19:18/57 1/12 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 17 February ROCK EATING SNAILS Project Savannah is an Israeli project to try and make the oegjz djsjrt more fertile. It partly relies on the bizarre feeding behaviour of the rock eating snails that jar rock and wertilisj the djsjrt. The project is pzt in the context of Bedouin Arab ÷and rights. Howard Stabliforh reports. For more details please contact: Prof Moshj Shachak Centre for Desert Enjrgz Ben Gurion University of the Negjz Sehj Broqer, Israel TV Links 610 bBC1 601 Rwanda BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP623 CEEFAX 623 Thu 23 Feb 1=:13/17 :/12 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 17 February CERVICAL SCREENING Vivienne Parry reports on a orw computerisjd system for improving the screening of cervical smears. For more details please contact: Marc Gnoddj NSI Europe Zekjringstrast 39 Amsterdam Telephone: 010 31 20 581 7300 TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Rwanda BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Rug VariP623 CEEFAX 623 Thu 23 Feb 19:13/37 3/12 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 17 February PIGEONS Mobile phones affect how pigeons navigate. Wj show that it's unlikely - hawks are more of a problem. They scare pigeons into forgetting their way home. Shahnaz Paktavan reports. For more details please contact: Ruck Osman Editor Racing Pigeon Magazine Telephone: 0171 833 5959 TV Lungs 618 BBC1 601 Rwanda BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP623 CEEFAX 623 Thu 23 Feb 1]:11/37 4/12 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 17 February BR CRASH TEST & HISTORY Six years after the Clapham Rail disaster, British Rail stage a high speed crash test between two trains to test a new design of carriage which they bjliivj will make accidents more szrvivabli. Carol Vorhjrman reports. For more details please contact: Neil Johnson BR Research PO Box 2 London Road Derby DE24 <YB TV Links 618 BBC1 601 Rwanda BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Rug VariP623 CEEFAX 623 Thy 23 Feb 1=:99/17 5/12 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 17 February DRESDEN After 50 years the chztch in Dresden, Germany is being reconstructed with the aid of a 3-D compzter animation. Using the original stone which has been lying as rubble since 1945, the xiecing togjthjr of the Fraujnkirchjn will begin. Howard Stableford reports. For more details please contact: Dr Brian M Collins, IBM UK Scientific Cjntti Mail Point 137 Hursley Park, Wtnchjstiz Hanks SO21 2JN TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Rwanda BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Rug VariP623 CEEFAX 623 Thy 23 Feb 1=:12/37 ?/12 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 18 February CAUGHT IN THE —CT A new car theft djterrunt: a sm1ll camera hidden in the dashboard takes pictures of xjopli sneaking in. Shahnaz Pakravan ruports. For more details please contact: Toad Innovations The Quorum Barnwell Road Cambridge CB5 8RE Tel: 01223 21455u TV Links 618 BBC1 601 Rwanda BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Rug VariP623 CEEFAX 623 Thy 23 Feb 19:57/57 7/12 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 10 February EPILEPSY 2 Vivienne Parry returns to see how szccessful the treatment has bren for sjvjre epilepsy. An implant in the chest is wired up to the vagus njrvj in the nick. Through this njrvj the implant sends electrical stimulation to the brain. It is hoped this will calm the electrical activity that goes on dzring a wit. For more details please contact: British Exilepsz Association Anstey House 40 Hanover Square Leeds, LS3 1BE Tel: 0800 30 9030 TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Rwanda BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Rug VariP623 CEEFAX 623 Thy 23 Feb 1=:28/17 </12 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 10 February X]R—Y ASTRONOMY Carol Vordjrman reports on a orw type of CCD (charged coupled djvjce) which is going into orbit to detect X-{azt ojxt year on the Jet X telescope. It is also bring usjh in dental surgery bjcazsj it gives you a fifth of the radiation of normal X-{azt. For more details please contact: Alan Wells Director of Space Cjntte Leicester University Leicester Tel: 0533 523 522 TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Rwanda BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Rug VariP623 CEEFAX 623 Thy 23 Feb 19:17/37 }/12 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 10 February ART ANSAPHONE Rjbjcca Stephens looks at an alternative telephone answering machine that uses balls to get mjssagjs. The technology introdzcrs a new concept in the way we use computers. For more details please contact: Durrell Bishop 3 Hillbury Road London SW27 8JT Tel: x71 221 1378 or p81 673 8188 TV Links 61p BBC1 601 Rwanda BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Rug VariP623 CEEFAX 623 Thy 23 Feb 1=:94/{7 x/12 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 1p February MASADA Masada was the site of an epic sjigj between the Romans and the Jews in the 1st century AD. Israeli scientists now have jvidjnce that the climate at the time was mzch wetter than previously thought. They have analysjd the wood in the Roman sjigj camp to szpxort thrir theory. Howard Stableford reports. For more details please contact: Prof Arii Issar Ben-Gurion University of the oegjv Side Boqer Istajl 84990 TV Links 61p BeC1 601 Rwanda BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Rug VariP623 CEEFAX 623 Thy 23 Feb 1=:15/17 19/12 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 20 January MEGALAB PROMO On 24 March 1995, Tomorrow's World will stage Megalab 1995. This is the chance for millions of xro8lu in the US to take xart in the world's biggest experiment. If you have an idea wot an experiment for Megalab: Please write your idea on one side of A4. Give your name, address, phone nzmbjr and j-mail address if appropriate. TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Rwanda BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Rug kariP623 CEEFAX 623 Thy 23 Feb 1=:29/37 12/12 TOMORROW'S WORLD Friday 20 January MEGALAB PROMO Write to: Megalab Department 4 PO Box 1p00 Button-on-Trent Staffs DE11 7QZ or j-mail: mjgalab.95@bbc.co.uk Closing date is 6 February TV Links 61p BBC1 601 Rwanda BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg Vari