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Inside JJ Churchill's engineering factory , the scene is one of controlled commotion as hightechnology machine tools turn out parts for diesel generators and aero- engines. The company, based in Market Bosworth, a small town in the English Midlands, was set up in 1937 by Walter Churchill, a pilot-cum-engineer who during the second world war flew Spitfires and Hurricanes from a landing strip next to the plant. The family can trace a link to Winston Churchill. |
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Monday 9 February, 2009 08:48 AM |
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Texas A&M University , along with eight other astronomical research organizations from three continents, has signed the Founders’ Agreement to construct and operate the 25-meter Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) at Las Campanas Observatory in the Andes Mountains of Chile.
“We are poised to enter the age of the greatest advances in astronomy – the discovery of Earth-like planets capable of life, as well as the understanding of the origin and evolution of our universe,” said Nicholas B. Suntzeff, director of Texas A&M’s astronomy program and holder of the Mitchell-Heep-Munnerlyn Endowed Chair in Observational Astronomy in the Texas A&M Department of Physics. “ When we map the universe to its beginning or find that Earth-like planet, I want Texas A&M astronomers and physicists to be there making these discoveries.” |
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Sunday 8 February, 2009 11:53 PM |
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Orson Welles said film-making was the biggest electric train set a boy ever had. He was wrong. A new high-speed train line would be, if the boy or girl grew up to engineer it.
But in Britain, the train set is broken and has been packed away in the attic. We're not proud of industry and we certainly don't want our kids to grow up to be engineers. It's a tragedy. It never used to be this way. We need to rediscover the power of engineering, its impact and contribution. It can stimulate young minds and it can stimulate the economy. |
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Sunday 8 February, 2009 08:46 AM |
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A crisis is just another hurdle to leap for the sportswear giant. Chief executive Jochen Zeitz explains why he's racing ahead with innovation and sponsorship
Jochen Zeitz has three and a half offices. We meet in the London one above Heal's on Tottenham Court Road from where Zeitz runs Puma, the luxury, high-fashion, sportswear brand, when he's in town. |
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Sunday 1 February, 2009 11:04 PM |
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The concept of engineering has existed since ancient times beginning with the development of pulleys, levers and the wheel. It is an integral part of our society and our daily lives. Every product we use, even the food we eat is influenced by engineering design.
It has been said engineering is a key driver of human development as engineering design has the potential to make modifications and changes to our environment, our society and the economies of cities, regions and countries. |
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Saturday 31 January, 2009 04:20 PM |
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THE fastest car in the world is to be built in the United Kingdom. Not only will it attempt to break the land speed record but the project will also provide a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers”.
Known as Bloodhound, the new car will be raced in the Nevada desert and powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine.
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Tuesday 27 January, 2009 08:54 AM |
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Being a work-at-home dad offered George Stydahar many perks, from cooking breakfast for his two girls to being there when they got home from school. But brushing their hair in the morning was not one of them.
Both Hannah and Emma had long, fine hair, the kind that tangles easily. Every morning became a struggle between Stydahar's desire to send his daughters off into the world looking neat and well-groomed and his anguish over their shrieks of pain when the hairbrush caught on a snarl.
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Monday 26 January, 2009 03:14 PM |
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A Recession Is a Perfect Time to Get Ahead by Developing Fresh Products; Here's How to Kick-start the Process
Even as budgets are frozen and costs cut, companies still demand fresh thinking. Looking for a new and better way to come up with brilliant ideas? Start by innovating your innovation workshop. |
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Tuesday 20 January, 2009 12:14 AM |
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FROM the word go , Makerere's team of young undergraduate engineers had no money for their research. Never mind the fact that theirs was the only consortium accepted from the African continent, to join the Vehicle Design Summit (VDS) in Torino, Italy.
The Vehicle Design Summit is an initiative to develop an international design team capable of solving global problems in the public domain. |
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Monday 19 January, 2009 05:11 PM |
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