Canned food
Developed for the military, dodging bureaucracy and fuelled by venture capital: canned food blazed a trail many of today's biggest tech innovations have followed. Tim Harford reveals the surprising lessons and cautionary tales lurking under the lid.
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Inside the Races That Jump-Started the Self-Driving Car - Wired
History of Self-Driving Cars - Wikipedia
Inventors and Inventions, Marshall Cavendish New York 2008
An Army Marchs on its Stomach - Oxford Reference
The Story of how the Tin Can Nearly Wasn't - BBC
Silicon Valley Can't Be Copied - Technology Review
Pickled, Potted, and Canned: How the Art and Science of Food Preserving Changed the World Susan Shephard, Simon and Schuster 2006
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- Sat 21 Sep 201904:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & South Asia
- Sat 21 Sep 201913:50GMTBBC World Service News Internet
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- Mon 23 Sep 201903:50GMTBBC World Service South Asia
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