P623 CEEFAX 1 623 Sun 24 Aug 01:44/11 ————————————————————————————— TW TIME MACHINE 20 August ] ——————————————————————— 3/8 More information available from: Edgar Brown Physics Department Kings College, London Ross and Cromarty WC2R 2LS SUPER SECRJTAR ES Today the executive on the move has an easy time keeping in touch using his mobile phone. But in 1971 it seemed quite remarkable to see James Burke on Tomorrow's World driving around London while keeping in touch with the outside world using 'Readicall'. ] BBC1 601 BBC2 6p2 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Education Bullied Tutor ,V LinksP623 CEEFAX 1 623 Sun 24 Aug 01:44/35 ————————————————————————————— TW TIME MACHINE 20 August ——————————————————————— 4/8 It may appear clunky and old fashioned, but it was part of the communication revolution that led to the mobile phones we use today. Tomorrow's World meets up with 'Readicall's' creator - John Edwards - and hears about his new plan to change the way we work in the 1990s and beyond. Called 'Voicetypj' it's like a global secretarial pool that's open 24 hours a day, all year round. The system will allow executives to dictate down the phone to a secretary with the typed text appearing on the executive's screen as the document is created. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 Education Bullied Tutor TV LinksP623 CEEFAX 1 623 Sun 24 Aug 01:4)/49 ————————————————————————————— TW TIME MACHINE 20 August ——————————————————————— 5/8 More information available from: John Edwards Voicetype plc 4* Bramshaw Gardens Bournemouth Dorset BH8 0BT THE NIGHT I SAW TOMO6ROW'S WORLD For as long as he can remember, David Watts has loved rugby, playing as a schoolboy and captaining the 'freshers' team in his first year at university. Then disastez struck. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Education Bullied Tutor TV LinksP623 CEEFAX 1 623 Sun 24 Aug 01:45/23 ————————————————————————————— TW TIME MACHINE 20 August ——————————————————————— 6/8 An accident left him with torn ligaments in his ankle - there was no 'cure', and playing rugby would bj impossible. Fortunately for David, his dad was watching Tomorrow's World when a story about a way to replace torn ligaments with carbon fibres caught his eye. 'ithin days of the programme, his dad was in touch with the hospital pioneering the new technique, and David was booKed in for the op. Twenty years later the ankle's as good as new and David's still playing rugby. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Education Bullied Tutor TV LinksP623 CEEFAX 1 623 Sun 24 Aug 01:45/27 ————————————————————————————— TW TIME MACHINE 20 August ——————————————————————— 7/8 If you were inspired by Tomorrow's World in any way, please lit us know. Maybe you had a close encounter with a TW gadget, or you might know what's happening to a TW invention or inventor, years after wi first featured them on the show. Let us know what you know so we can pack the next series of TW Time Machine with surprising, intriguing films. We can't do it without you! BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Education Bullied Tutor TV Links