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Shaman's Aroma-therapy Mini Dream Pillow

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1996

'Shaman's Aroma-therapy Mini Dream Pillow', woven cotton pillow containing herbs, paper label 'Scents of America', distributed by Matchless Gifts, Laguna Niguel, CA, USA, 1996.

Cisco Catalyst 1200 switch, 1994

Computing & Data Processing

1994

Cisco Catalyst 1200 switch, made by Cisco Systems, Inc., United States, 1994. Serial number: 62007011. London Internet Exchange

Hypothermia advice card, England, 1994-1995

Public Health & Hygiene

1994-1995

Combined hypothermia thermometer and advice card, produced by Eastern Electricity for their elderly customers, London, England, 1994-1995.

Nokia 1011 mobile telephone, 1992-1994

Telecommunications

1992-1994

Nokia 1011 mobile phone, manufactured by Nokia, Germany, 1992-1994. An example of the first mass produced phone to be available for use on the GSM digital mobile networks.

'King’s Fund’ hospital bed

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1994

Variable height and tilt hospital bed by Hoskins Healthcare, 1994. 5" linked brake castors, pump pedals, hydraulic lift and two way tilt. Head end with variable geometry backrest. Panelled foot end. Model number 3100M, often referred to as the King's Fund bed.

SIM card produced for Telecom Australia, 1994

Telecommunications

1994

SIM card produced for Telecom Australia and MobileNet Digital bearing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) logo, Australia, 1994.

Automaton for Health Matters Gallery

Public Health & Hygiene

1994

Automaton for Health Matters Gallery representing "Health screening and surveillance of normal populations". Hand-carved, largely wooden, depicting health screening and surveillance of normal populations characterising late 20th century medicine in Britain and other industrialised nations, 1994

Psion Series 3 personal organiser, 1991

Computing & Data Processing

1991

Psion Series 3 personal organiser, made by Psion, British, 1991. Serial number EBA 111941

DNA Gel Electrophoresis kit, Europe, 1993

Biotechnology

1993

DNA Gel Electrophoresis apparatus for school use, 1993

Bottle of 'Nancy B Watson's Healing Water', Europe, 1996

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1996

Green liquid in screw-top bottle labelled 'Nancy B. Watson's Healing Water - activates self healing, gives emotional lift', 1996.

MICROTAC Cellular Telephone, 1993

Telecommunications

1993

MICROTAC mobile cellular telephone model no F09UTD8924AA, serial No 745DPU0206. by Motorola Inc. USA, 1993, complete with nickel cadmium battery

Home cloning kit, United States, 1993

Biotechnology

1993

Genetic engineering home cloning kit by Genemsco, USA, 1993

SIM card issued by Total Access Communications, 1994

Telecommunications

1994

Total Access Communications SIM card issued for use in Thailand, made by Total Access Communications Limited, Thailand, 1994

Pilot 5000 electronic organiser, 1996

Computing & Data Processing

1996

Pilot 5000 electronic organiser, made by Palm Inc (subsidiary of US Robotics Corps), Singapore, 1996.

Sokol space suit

Space Technology

1991

British astronaut, Helen Sharman's Sokol spacesuit made by Zvezda. Sharman wore this rescue suit during the space flight on board the SOYUZ-TM-12 and MIR spacecraft in May 1991. Space suit model number KV-2 No. 167.

Magellan NAV 1000 GPS Receiver, 1991

Navigation

1991

Magellan NAV 1000 GPS receiver, made by Magellan Systems Corporation, California, United States, 1991

Display case, 1994

Telecommunications

1994

Glazed mahogany case, made by Science Museum Workshops, London, England, 1994. Used to display part of electrostatic telegraph, made by Sir Francis Ronalds, London, England, 1816.

Falcon-headed canopic jar

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-100

Limestone falcon headed canopic jar, Egyptian, 2000BC - 100AD

Nine doses of Sabin-type polio vaccine, London, England, 1994

Public Health & Hygiene

1994

Selection of nine of 10 perforated plastic packages of poliomyelitis vaccine live (oral), BP with instructions. Trivalent human diploid by The Wellcome Foundation Limited, London, supplied by Evans Medical Limited, Leatherhead, England, 1994. Supplied in individual sealed plastic tubes for oral administration (see note).

The first production example of the LotusSport ATB

Road Transport

1993

Lotus Sport ATB Mountain Bike, frame moulded at SP aerospace factory, California, assembled by British Eagle Cycles, Wales, 1993.

Biomek 1000 Laboratory Robot

Laboratory Medicine

1991

Biomek 1000 automated laboratory workstation, ex-demonstration model, 'Laboratory Robot' with pipetting tools, bulk dispenser/plate washer unit and accessories, by Beckman Instruments Inc., Fullerton, Orange county, California, United States, and Masterflex® pump and hoses by Cole-Parmer, Illinois, United States, American, 1991

base station for 'Rabbit' mobile telepoint telephone, 1993

Telecommunications

1993

Home Base Station for Rabbit mobile telepoint telephone, made by Hutchison Personal Communications Limited, 1993

Shadow Mono-ski sports wheelchair, England, 1993-1995

Orthopaedics

1993-1995

'Shadow Mono-ski' sports wheelchair with accompanying hand held guide skis, for alpine events, manufactured by Quickie for Sunrise Medical Ltd, England 1993-1995

'Simon' mobile communicator, 1994-1995

Telecommunications

1994-1995

Personal communication device, the ‘Simon Mobile Communicator’, manufactured by IBM in collaboration with BellSouth, United States, 1994-1995

BT Voyager 2000 interactive TV system, 1995

Computing & Data Processing

1995

BT Voyager 2000 interactive TV system, i-TV box used in Video on Demand (VOD) and interactive TV trials in Colchester, made by Apple, assembled in Ireland, 1995

Sage and cedar 'Sage Spirit Sticks', California, United States, 1996

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1996

Sage and cedar 'Sage Spirit Sticks', bound by red cotton yarn, in plastic packet with green paper label, burned for cleansing and sending out prayers as used by Native Americans in 'Smudging' ceremonies, distributed by Matchless Gifts, Laguna Niguel, CA, USA, 1996.

SIM card issued by Vodacom, 1994

Telecommunications

1994

SIM card issued to celebrate the inception of the new South Africa and the switch-on of the Vodacom mobile phone network, made by Vodacom, South Africa, 1994.

Park and charge unit for 'Rabbit' mobile telepoint telephone, 1993

Telecommunications

1993

Park and Charge unit for 'Rabbit' mobile telepoint telephone, made by Hutchison Personal Communications Limited, 1993

original packaging for 'Rabbit' mobile telepoint telephone, 1993

Telecommunications

1993

Original carrycase and owner's documentation for Rabbit mobile telepoint telephone, made by Hutchison Personal Communications Limited, 1993

Hutchinson 'Rabbit' mobile telepoint telephone, 1993

Telecommunications

1993

'Rabbit' mobile telepoint telephone, made by Hutchison Personal Communications Limited, 1993

Apple Newton MessagePad, 1993

Computing & Data Processing

1993

Apple Newton MessagePad and stylus, manufactured by Sharp for Apple, Japan, 1993

'Orris Root' amulet in plastic packet

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1996

'Orris Root' amulet in plastic packet with paper label 'worn to find and hold love', manufactured and distributed by Ceridwell, Beverley Hills, CA, USA, 1996.

1 packet of 3 Durex Elite condoms, spermicidally l

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1995

1 packet of 3 Durex Elite condoms, spermicidally lubricated using Nonoxynol-9, made to BS3704:1989 in 1995, expiry January 1998.

Miss Windermere VI Powerboat

Water Transport

1993

Miss Windermere VI powerboat, the world's fastest prop-driven boat: the fastest boat in history on Lake Windermere, holder of the British National Immersed Propeller Record and holder of the World Over 7000cc Water Speed Record. Built in 1993. There is an accompanying VHS tape showing successful speed record attempt, 17 October 2003, held in the museum archive, ref YA2007.30.

Carpet gown, made from Brintons carpet, designed by Vivienne Westwood

Materials Science Gallery

1993

Morning gown, made from Brintons carpet, designed by Vivienne Westwood; 80% wool, 20% nylon; backing of jute, polyester and polypropylene, plus conductive EVE latex; made by Brintons and Vivienne Westwood, 1993. The gown is part of a collection designed by Vivienne Westwood for Brintons '1783 collection' advertising campaign. It weighs 15kg and the back of the carpet had to be softened in order to manipulate it in to shape. Fashion seamstresses used Brinton's special carpet joining machinery to sew the thick heavy carpet to such a precise and fine shape.

Penile prosthesis, named as a Urolume Endourethral Prosthesis

Materials Science Gallery

1996

Two Urolume Endourethral Prostheses, penile prosthesis implants, by AMS UK, United Kingdom, 1996. Contains Elgiloy as the metal component (see note).

1 packet of 2 Durex Safe Play minty condoms to BS3

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1995

1 packet of 2 Durex Safe Play minty condoms to BS3704:1989, non-lubricated, made1995, expiry 1997.

Explanted Relay dual chamber demand pacemaker

Therapeutics

1993

Main part of explanted Relay dual chamber demand pacemaker, with two leads, ends missing, senses and delivers pulses to both the atrium and ventricle, with sensor enabling response to variations in activity by wearer, by Intermedics SA, Switzerland, from St George's Hospital, Tooting, 1993.

1 packet of 3 Durex Jeans condoms, spermicidally l

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1995

1 packet of 3 Durex Jeans condoms, spermicidally lubricated using Nonoxynol-9, made in 1995 to BS3704:1989, expiry January 1999.

1 packet of 2 Durex Safe Play coloured condoms, lu

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1995

1 packet of 2 Durex Safe Play coloured condoms, lubricated with Sensitol, made in 1995 to BS3704: 1989, expiry October 1997.

Orbitel 901 mobile telephone, 1992

Telecommunications

1992

Orbitel 901 mobile phone, manufactured by Orbitel, probably Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, 1992.

1 packet of 3 Durex Fetherlit super-thin condoms s

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1995

1 packet of 3 Durex Fetherlit super-thin condoms spermicidally lubricated using Nonoxynol-9, made in 1995 to BS3704:1989, expiry April 1998.

1 packet of 2 Durex Ultra-strong condoms lubricate

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1995

1 packet of 2 Durex Ultra-strong condoms lubricated with Sensitol, made in 1995 to BS3704:1989, expiry December 1998.

Motorola 'International 8700' mobile telephone, 1996

Telecommunications

1996

Motorola International 8700 mobile phone, made by Motorola, 1996. Model no. SUF3839A,

1 packet of 2 Durex Safe Play black condoms lubric

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1995

1 packet of 2 Durex Safe Play black condoms lubricated with Sensitol, made in 1995 to BS3704:1989, expiry February 1997.

Motorola 'GSM flare' mobile telephone, 1995

Telecommunications

1995

Motorola GSM flare mobile phone, type 6200, made by Motorola, British, 1995. Pack no. S4647BBBB

Hand-knitted hat made for premature baby

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1996

Hand-knitted hat made for premature baby Sophie Proud, Newcastle, England, 1996

Motorola 'Personal' mobile telephone, 1993

Telecommunications

1993

Motorola 'Personal' mobile cellular telephone 0374 199544 Vodafone, (model No F09SQD8913AA, serial No 7452TJ6807), made by Motorola, United States, 1993

Motorola 'MICROTAC II F09' mobile telephone, 1992

Telecommunications

1992

MICROTAC II mobile cellular telephone (model No F09SQD8925AA, serial No 745GTJB112), made by Motorola, United States, 1992

Childrens' hire bicycle

Road Transport

1996

Bicycle, 16 inch steel frame, used by children at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester between 1996 and 2008.