Science
A day in the life of: SAP Test Manager
I am wary of writing this, as it may be boring, and unusually for me, contains no filth, but thought it may become something like the “Postcards From” articles we all write from time to [more…]
Technology
Engineering
The Fastest Airliner You’ve Never Heard Of
Well here we are for the second part of this series of interesting aeroplanes you’ve probably never heard of. There’s quite a few good candidates for these articles and a few which stand out particularly [more…]
America
Space Travel
For the first time in decades there is no rocket certified for human spaceflight available anywhere on planet Earth. To make things a little more interesting the astronauts on the ISS have only a Soyuz [more…]
Arts
3D Printing – a layman’s guide
The latest thing to grab the keen tinkerer’s attention is 3D printing. This has taken off in a huge way in the USA, and is gaining fans in the UK too. The concept is surprisingly [more…]
Engineering
Space Travel
There are lots of weird and wonderful schemes for powering spacecraft, but in practice only three classes of engine have been built today that could realistically power a spacecraft in the next few decades. (aside: [more…]
Engineering
Space Travel
For those of us interested in space travel however we live in interesting times; as there is probably more development going on in the world today than at any time since NASA was spending an [more…]
Ethics
Medicine – Part Ten
At last we reach the end of our little sojourn through the history of medicine. We have come a long way from drilling holes in people’s heads and whipping ourselves to drive off the plague [more…]
Engineering
Making A Ruby Laser
Introduction For many years the Doc has had the desire to attempt the construction of a ruby laser. After six months of hard work, disappointment, late nights, lots of booze and a drained bank account [more…]
Arts
Reality plus – the next “big thing”?
Since leaving University over 30 years ago I have worked in the Information Technology sector and have always been interested in how IT evolves, both driving and being driven by new and innovative technologies. I’ve [more…]