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Space tourism – starting to take off !

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

Official definition: Space tourism is space travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. A number of startup companies have sprung up in recent years, such as Virgin Galactic and XCOR Aerospace, hoping to create a sub-orbital space tourism industry. … Continue reading →

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Should I stay or should I go – the Internal Combustion Engine?

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

Electric cars are gaining market share and look to take over from the internal combustion (IC) engine that has been a familiar sight & sound for over 100 years ! It is estimated that electric car sales will over … Continue reading →

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Vinyl Revival

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

When I was growing up in the 70s & 80s vinyl albums and separates hi-fi units including top of the range turntables were essential to life ! I guess we thought it was all over when CDs came … Continue reading →

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Virtual & Augmented Reality Design Tool

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

Virtual Reality (VR) & Augmented Reality (AR) is progressing at a steady rate in many sectors but especially in engineering design. VR is often associated with cumbersome helmets and video gaming, but within industry ‘powerwalls’ are used. A projector displays … Continue reading →

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Solar Aircraft pioneering transatlantic crossing

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

solar powered aircraft that has a larger wing span than a Boeing 747 yet weighs the same as a car ! Continue reading →

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British Bicycle Land Speed Record Broken

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

The University of Liverpool Velocipede (ULV) team, designed & built their recumbent bicycle ARION1 and transported it to Nevada and raced it in the International Human Powered Vehicle Association’s World Human Powered Speed Challenge 2015. The race is held … Continue reading →

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Bloodhound: Britain’s 1000 mph land speed record attempt

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

You may or may not of heard of this amazing engineering project that started back in 2008. The vision for Bloodhound came from a desire from Richard Noble & Andy Green to break the land speed record and reach 1000mph, … Continue reading →

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