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13/09/1979
Derek Cooper reports on an adaption for light fishing boats, designed specifically for use in third world countries where fishing is the livelihood of many people. (1979)
Derek Cooper reports on an adaption for light fishing boats, designed specifically for use in third world countries where fishing is the livelihood of many people.And Michael Rodd examines a British prototype for a cordless telephone that allows the user to make calls from anywhere. Also included at the end of this item is a rather nice out-take as Rodd also experiences the first mobile wrong number. (1979)
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Thu 13 Sep 1979
18:55
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Mobile Phone
Duration: 06:31
Did You Know?
The same year that this programme aired, NTT launched the earliest commercial mobile phone network in Japan, with northern Europe getting its first network by 1981. In the United States, mobile phones tend to be known as 'cellphones' due to the way that early networks relied upon groups of small areas of connectivity, or cells, which overlapped to create wider coverage.
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- Thu 13 Sep 1979 18:55
Tomorrow's World Collection
Clips from this programme are available online as part of the Tomorrow's World Collection
