To some it was the ideas factory, to others it was the most influential institution of its kind in the world and in many ways has created much of the technology that is the bedrock of our modern world. With 9 Nobel prize winners, whose work has been part of …
What Happened to the Iconic British Red Telephone Box?
To me and anyone over the age of about 40, telephone boxes or phone booths if your in the US were often our only way of calling someone if you didn’t have a phone in the house and were a common sight in cities, towns and villages, even out in …
What Has NASA Done Ever for Us – The CMOS Image Sensor
Alright, apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, road, the fresh water and public health, what have the romans ever done for us. Much like the Monty Python scene from Life of Brian, some might well say What has NASA ever done for us? NASA is …
TV From The Moon – Apollo’s Live TV Cameras
The fateful first steps of Neil Armstrong on to the lunar surface and his immortal words, “That’s One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” was broadcast to a worldwide audience of about 600 million and yet it was touch and go as to whether it would be …
MOSFET – The Most significant invention of the 20th Century
What makes a truly world-changing invention?. There are many contenders for the most significant invention of the 20th century, the jet engine, the airplane, television, the internet, the computer and antibiotics are all worthy contenders but unless you live like an 15th-century hermit or a part of an undiscovered tribe, …