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Model of Block IV 'Tomahawk' missile, 2013

2013

Mobile phone base station disguised as a cactus, 2013-2014

2013-2014

Multi-level sorting test

circa 1980

Mechanical aptitude test (Work Sample No. 1)

circa 1980

Tri-level measurement test (Work Sample no. 10) assessing aptitude for precise measurement and inspection tasks

circa 1980
Eye-hand-foot coordination test (Work Sample no. 11) to assess aptitude for jobs requiring foot and hand controls, such as driving or machine operating, with manual and test sheets, made by Valpar International Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, United States, c. 1980.

Eye-hand-foot coordination test

circa 1980
Clerical aptitude test (Work Sample no. 5) assessing the ability to perform light clerical work such as sorting, filing, telephone answering, and bookkeeping, with manual and test sheets, includes large box with filing slots, file cards, test sheets, tape cassette and cassette player, made by Valpar International Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, United States, c. 1980.

Clerical aptitude test (Work Sample no. 5) assessing the ability to perform light clerical work such as sorting

circa 1981
A collection of 'branch' carbon dioxide collectors, or scrubbers, bunched together and displayed in a small box, designed by Professor Klaus Lackner whilst working for research company Global Research Technologies run by Allen Wright, Tucson, Arizona, USA, c.2008. This item was an expermental prototype technology for direct air capture (DAC), or the removal of carbon dioxide from the air at normal atmospheric concentrations.

Prototype carbon dioxide collectors designed by Professor Klaus Lackner and Allen Wright

2008
Evaluator’s handbook for Valpar occupational aptitude tests (Work Samples nos. 1–17), made by Valpar International Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, United States, c. 1976 which contains instructions and Methods-Time Measurement (MTM) scores for all tests. These tests were used in the UK between 1980 and 2005, generally by Occupational Psychologists working for Jobcentre Plus and its predecessor the Employment Service

Evaluator�s handbook for Valpar occupational aptitude tests (Work Samples nos. 1�17)

circa 1976
Simulated assembly test (Work Sample no. 8) assessing the ability to perform conveyor-belt type assembly work, with manual and test sheets, containing rotating phonograph-like disk with holes along rim, and three bins containing small parts coloured white, gray, or black, made by Valpar International Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, United States, c. 1980.

Simulated assembly test (Work Sample no. 8) assessing the ability to perform conveyor-belt type assembly work

circa 1980