'Merman'

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Sony 'Trinitron' colour television, 1969-1970

Radio Communication

1969-1970

Power loom

Textiles Machinery

1926

Statue depicting Shou Lao (Shou Xing), Chinese god of longevity

Asian Medicine

before 1930

Sony CM-H333 mobile telephone, 1991-2000

Telecommunications

1991-2000

Sony SL-C7 Betamax video recorder

Television

c. 1980

Wooden acupuncture model

Asian Medicine

1681

BT Message Master series 1200 pager, 1980-2000

Telecommunications

1980-2000

Camera Lite camera Model B

Photographic Technology

1955

Fujica Single 8 P1 camera

Cinematography

1965-1977

Tobacco jar in the shape of a skull

Smoking

1701-1800

Honda C100 motorcycle

Road Transport

1965

Apple Newton MessagePad, 1993

Computing & Data Processing

1993

mobile telephone from Manx Telecom 3G project, 2001

Telecommunications

2001

Casio 'College FX-80' pocket scientific calculator

Computing & Data Processing

Star Strider Robot with box packaging

Human Robotics

1965-1975

'Olyset' mosquito net

Public Health & Hygiene

2005

Gear Robot

Human Robotics

1964

Sony 5-303W portable television receiver in carrying case

Television

1962

Netsuke in form of skeleton holding fan

Asian Medicine

Tobacco jar carved in the form of human skull and snake

Smoking

1701-1800

Slide rule, "System Rietz", by Sun Hemmi, Japan

Mathematics

Ivory anatomical figure showing 'qi' points

Asian Medicine

1800-1920

Boxwood human torso showing internal organs

Asian Medicine

1800-1920

'Sign Pen' the first fibre tip pen, 1962

Printing & Writing

1962

Trinitron colour television

Television

c. 1983

National Panasonic Super Sensitive 10 Transistor R-307, by Panasonic, Japan, c.1963

Radio Communication

c.1963

Panasonic CF-170 notebook computer

Computing & Data Processing

1988

'Message Cam' mobile phone accessory with connector cable, 1999-2001

Computing & Data Processing

1999-2001

Ivory netsuke in the form of doctor and patient

Asian Medicine

1871-1900

Seiko 'Kinetic Auto Relay' Wrist Watch, 2000

Time Measurement

2000

Bell & Howell Autoload 308 cine camera, 1968

Cinematography

1968

Statue depicting the dance of death

Asian Medicine

British Telecom 'Ivory ESN' mobile telephone, 1989-1995

Telecommunications

1989-1995

Portable radio cassette player

Sound Reproduction

1982-1984

Papier-mâché acupuncture figure, Japan, 1601-1700

Asian Medicine

1601-1700

Kyocera 'Visualphone VP210' mobile video phone

Telecommunications

1999

Netsuke in form of skeleton strangling man

Asian Medicine

1701-1900

Ivory figure of a man massaging the back of reading man

Asian Medicine

1701-1900

Packaging for Camera Lite camera Model B

Photographic Technology

1955

Box of film for Camera Lite camera Model B

Photographic Technology

1955

Electronic induction motor for Dry Cupping Vacuum Therapy

Asian Medicine

1980-1990

Domestic shrine

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

Asian Medicine

1771-1800

'Rover' portable video camera

Cinematography

c. 1970

Ivory skull, surmounted by toads and snake

Asian Medicine

Netsuke in form of skull and snake

Asian Medicine

1701-1900

Tenmon Bun’ya no zu (map showing divisions of the heavens and regions they govern)

Astronomy

1677

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Computing & Data Processing

1983

Sega Mega Drive console

Computing & Data Processing

c.1990