Jeff Woolf of more than six million randomly placed and sized dots per square inch. MicroMap and Woolf were discussed during a debate on innovation in the House of Commons. During this debate, a MicroMap viewer was handed around for members of parliament to use. Woolf worked with Ron Hickman, inventor of the Black & Decker Workmate and designer of the Lotus Elan car, to some extent, benefiting from his patent experience before the final patent application was lodged. MicroMap was patented in many countries around the world. There is a display on the development of MicroMap in the Science Museum in
Lotus Cars the recognition in that category in 2002. Lotus cars wore the badge of the award for a number of years. Lotus cars appeared in two James Bond movies, "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and "For Your Eyes Only" (1981). The former was a Lotus Esprit S1 nicknamed "Wet Nellie" which in the movie became not only amphibious but a submarine; the latter was a Lotus Esprit Turbo, specially commissioned, of which there were two in the film. In the popular 1960s TV series "The Avengers", the female lead characters drove Lotuses. Emma Peel had two Lotus Elan convertibles, a