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Holography, Part Two

26th August 2020 Doc Mike Finnley 0

A Holographic Camera Standard photography uses a lens system to focus an image onto a film or an electronic sensor. If you recall from part one, Dennis Gabor had a problem with his electron microscope’s [more…]

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Holography, Part One

19th August 2020 Doc Mike Finnley 0

Introduction To the Looking-Glass world it was Alice that said, “I’ve a sceptre in hand, I’ve a crown on my head. Let the Looking-Glass creatures, whatever they be Come dine with the Red Queen, the [more…]

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Car Review: Volkswagen T-Cross 1.0 R-Line DSG

14th August 2020 Going Postal 0

As GP has recently turned into an alternative source of information for the motoring enthusiast, I thought I would join Always Worth Saying and Phil the Test Manager in writing a motoring review. We took [more…]

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Apollo Thirteen

6th August 2020 Going Postal 0

The big issue of today appears to be the climate emergency, have I got that right? Well, what is causing the problem? Carbon Dioxide, yup, got that. 400 parts per million atmospheric CO2, definitely a [more…]

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Car review: Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid Auto 2018

31st July 2020 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Following on from the excellent article by AWS the other Friday on a VW thing, I thought I would do one on the car I have just purchased.  Maybe some of you could write something, [more…]

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Gtech HyLite model SCV100 – product review

27th July 2020 Going Postal 0

‘I started Gtech to create sensible, easy-to-use products, which do a great job’ Nick Grey – inventor and owner of Gtech. Well, I think Mr Grey has achieved that in this case. Read on to [more…]

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A Glass Half Full

17th July 2020 Going Postal 0

In a previous article, I asked whether you had ever gazed into your pint and wondered about the beginnings of beer and brewing. This time, I’ll ask you another question. It’s about the pint pot [more…]

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My Apprenticeship, Part Two

15th July 2020 Going Postal 0

Part one went through the first two years of my drawing office apprenticeship with Babcock and Wilcox Ltd. During the second year, Babcock and Wilcox Ltd became Babcock and Wilcox (Operations) Limited. The first of [more…]

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My Apprenticeship, Part One

8th July 2020 Going Postal 0

I hated school, but I enjoyed technical drawing. One reason was that I got it from the very first day. For some reason, I could visualise in 3D those flat drawings. I guess my brain [more…]

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