Stories
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- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
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- Photo story
The last glass-eye maker in Britain
Meet Jost Haas – the UK’s last artificial-eye maker working exclusively with glass.
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- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
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- Article
The sweet sound of synthetic speech
After Alex experienced a serious deterioration in his sight, he came to rely on artificial voices to help him with everyday tasks. Find out how synthetic speech came to be developed.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
M0009183: WHMM display of artificial eyes
Date: 17 August 1945- Books
- Online
Specification of Auguste Boissonneau : artificial eyes.
Boissonneau, Auguste.Date: 1855- Books
The ancient origins of artificial eyes / by Gordon M. Bruce.
Bruce, Gordon M.Date: 1940- Books
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General observations on artificial eyes : their adaptation, employment and the means of procuring them / by A.-P. Boissonneau.
Boissonneau, Auguste P.Date: 1862- Books
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Improvements in artificial eyes / [Friedrich Anton Müller].
Müller, Friedrich Anton.Date: 1899