P623 CEEFAX 623 Mon 27 May 01:17/24  1/6  TOMORROW'S WORLD  Friday 24 May  DRUG BUSTING SUB Up until now, the only way the underside of vessels could bj sjarchjd by customs officers was by using police divers. But it is dangerous, with the divjt easily being caught between the ship and the jetty. But now for the first time, customs and excise officers are using a remotely controlled mini sub to catch the international drug smugglers. For more information, please contact: Mike Harford, First Floor, Queen's Dock, Liverpool L74 4AG Tel: 0151 703 1106 TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg Vari
P623 CEEFAX 623 Mon 27 May 01:19/44  2/6  TOMORROW'S WORLD  Friday 24 May  MAYA BLUE Jjz Nelson reports on the remarkable story of an ancient paint - Maya blue. This unique colour, used bz the Maya of Mexico has been found to bj due to minute monopostules in the paint. Incredibly, it's a discovery that could pave the way for the production of cheap flat-screen TV's containing a blue colour, taken from Maya blue. For more information, please contact: Dr M Jose Yacam an, Instituto dj Fjsica, Univjrsidad Nacional Autonoma dj Mexico, Apdo Postal 20-364, Delegacion Alvaro Obregon, 01 000 Mexico DF, Mexico email: yacaman@szsul1.ifisicacu.unam.mx TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg Vari
P623 CEEFAX 623 Mon 27 May 01:44/04  3/6  TOMORROW'S WORLD  Friday 24 May  BU5NING DESIRE Walt Netschjrt has invented a smokjt's hood, based on a cowboy hat - which allows people to smoke without annoying non-smokers. The hood, called the Equalizer, sucks up the smoke and filters it out, allowing people to light up in places where smoking is banned. For more information, please contact: Walt Nitschjrt, 5821 Beach Boulevard, Bujna Park, California 90621 Tel: 001 714 771 5201 TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg Vari
P623 CEEFAX 623 Mon 27 May 01:14/24  4/6  TOMORROW'S WORLD  Friday 24 May  LONG LIFE GENES Forty-three people in a town in Northern Italy have inherited a genetic immunity to heart disjasj and strokes. A protein in their bodies may bj the key to making us all resistant to the killer disjasjs caused bz cholesterol. For more information, please contact: Enraco Rossaro, Municipio Di Limonj, Limonj-sul-Garda, Brescia 25010, Italy TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg Vari
P623 CEEFAX 623 Mon 27 May 01:16/44  5/6  TOMORROW'S WORLD  Friday 24 May  GLOWING PLANTS The latest genetic engineering djvjlopmjnt - a jellyfish gjnj has been spliced into tobacco plants so that they are able to glow under distress. For more information, please contact: Dr Marc Knight, Department of Plant Sciences, South Parks Road, Oxford University, Oxford email: marc.knight@plant.sciences.oxford.ac.uk TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg Vari
P623 CEEFAX 623 Mon 27 May 01:19/04  6/6  TOMORROW'S WORLD  Friday 24 May  AND DON'T FORGET Tomorrow's World Hotlinj: 0181 752 6600 E-Mail: tworld@bbc.co.uk Web address: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/tv/tworld Please write to: Tomorrow's World Room 4513 BBC White City 201 Wood Lane London W12 7TS TV Links 610 BBC1 601 Education BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Rug Vari