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This website has been produced by the Science Museum as a trial. The website contains information about objects held in the museum’s collections, some selected from the Dan Dare exhibition. The website is a wiki which means that anyone – including you – can contribute by adding information or your memories of the objects. Explore
There are currently 130 objects represented on this site. Categories: Household Items, National Healthcare, Housing, Industry, Military, Design, New Consumerism, more... |
Featured objects  The Hoover Steam Iron has an electric heating element inside the metal base of the iron, with a thermostat control on the top to adjust temperature for various fabric types. De-mineralised, or distilled water, added through the hole in the top casing, entered a small tank above the sole-plate.
 The introduction of transistors in the 1950s enabled radios and televisions to be lighter and more compact, since massive and heavy power transformers were no longer required. Robin Day’s design of this Pye Radio Model 1108 radio emphasises the lightness and the crisp modernity of the mid 1960s. It won a Design Centre Award which was presented by the Duke of Edinburgh.
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 Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain is a new exhibition that will showcase hundreds of objects produced by a booming post-war Britain. We’ve added information about many of the of the featured objects to this website, and we want you to help us collect information and memories around them. Explore the objects: 'Building a new Britain', 'Re-inventing the Home', Dan Dare and the Eagle. | |