THE BULLET
The Bullet is, debatably, one of the world’s most enduring manufactured products. With that statement, you may well think I am talking about the projectile …
BINDESHWAR PATHAK
The death of Bindeshwar Pathak this month has highlighted the enormous change he brought in an on-going fight to bring India’s sanitation habits into the …
RESURRECTION OF WIND POWER
I have written a couple of blogs on the resurrection of wind power as a method of powering cargo ships of the future. It seems …
SAILING CARGO SHIPS
I wrote a blog a while ago about sailing cargo ships; the possibility of re-inventing sail as a method of reducing the carbon footprint of …
ULTRA WHITE PAINT
You might think that ultra white paint is white paint. Nothing special, just white paint that has multiple uses in all sorts of situations. However, …
PAPER AIRPLANES
Paper airplanes have unlocked the science of flight for centuries. Now, they could inspire the design of future drones. Paper airplanes are great fun …
WOOD CITY
Stockholm Wood City sounds a little weird, but a Swedish company is planning to build a complete city made out of cheap, green, fireproof timber. …
KEI MINI TRUCK
Kei mini truck is the name applied to small trucks, and I mean small, which are made mostly in Japan, and are designed to take …
FRANKENSTEIN’S GARDEN
Frankenstein’s garden is not something most of us have ever heard of, let alone thought about, but the concept arose about the same time as …
BAD NEWS I’M AFRAID
“Bad news I’m afraid”, is one of the more considered approaches to calling the office to tell the boss you are sick, and won’t be …