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The East Midlands

Maggie Aderin-Pocock finds out how cloth is being used in medicine, industry and sport to change lives for the better.

These days cloth is no longer just something we wear to keep warm. Inventors in the east Midlands are leading the world in discovering new uses for textiles. Scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock finds out how cloth is being used in medicine, industry and sport to change our lives for the better. There's the car seat that stops us falling asleep at the wheel, the implant that's saving people's lives and the fastest textile in the world.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 23 Jun 2017 19:30

Video: East Midlands inventors cut from same cloth

Video: East Midlands inventors cut from same cloth

The East Midlands has been home to a series of inventions over the years - including the MRI scanner, ibuprofen, the package holiday and even the hot dog.

Now the region's scientists and innovators are leading the way in discovering new uses for textiles.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Interviewed Guest Tim Baggaley
Interviewed Guest Angus Wallace
Interviewed Guest Julian Ellis
Interviewed Guest Peter Butcher
Interviewed Guest Roy Burton
Interviewed Guest Holly Batley
Interviewed Guest Andy Bone
Interviewed Guest Nicola Wood
Interviewed Guest Peter South
Interviewed Guest Jane Middleton-Smith
Interviewed Guest Tilak Dias
Interviewed Guest Robert Breakspear
Interviewed Guest Cornel Marculescu
Interviewed Guest Michael Phelps
Interviewed Guest Rebecca Adlington
Interviewed Guest Takayuki Suzuki
Researcher Rehannah Mian
Camera Assistant Billy Morley
Re-recording mixer John Catlow
Lighting Mark Turnbull
Editor Danny Sullivan
Executive Producer Sally Bowman
Director Jane Dodge
Production Company Jigjog Media

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