Science Museum Showcases Welsh Innovations in Medicine, Manufacturing and Technology

The Science Museum highlights several significant Welsh innovations from its collection. These include a non-electric wooden iron lung developed in Cardiff in the late 1930s by Dr. G Emrys Harries to treat polio patients, and the CARiAD injection training pack created in 2020 by Bangor University researchers for end-of-life home care. Manufacturing milestones feature the Hoover factory in Merthyr Tydfil, which opened in 1948 producing washing machines and later the Sinclair C5 electric vehicle. The Dragon 32 and 64 home computers were produced by Dragon Data Ltd. in the early 1980s. A contemporary prototype from Cardiff-based SpaceForge, the reusable 'Pridwen' satellite heat shield, is also featured. These items are part of a broader online collection of Welsh-made objects.