Tag Archives: humour

Engineering Innovations: Wind Turbines

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Mike Osborn CEng

Wind Turbines and Windmills are ingenious devices that are able to convert wind power into useful mechanical work. This is achieved by using turbine blades or ‘sails’, to impart a rotational force to a main shaft. This, in turn, is … Continue reading →

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Engineering Innovations: Steam Power

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Mike Osborn CEng

The Aeolipile was the world’s first rotating steam engine, or more technically correct, a steam reaction turbine. It was devised by the great Heron of Alexandria in the1st Century AD. A sphere mounted on a spindle with two opposing outlet pipes for … Continue reading →

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Women leaders who have changed the course of history

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Mike Osborn CEng

Women have certainly influenced and changed society and nations throughout history. Below is a small sample of some of these great women. I have mainly chosen those who have been leaders of people but there are also those who have … Continue reading →

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Leadership: valleys and wilderness years

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Mike Osborn CEng

Surprisingly when we delve into history and into the lives of influential leaders you start to discover that often, but not always, they have been through ‘hard times’ or ‘wilderness years’. I perceive that these can be formative times where … Continue reading →

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Reverse Engineering

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Mike Osborn CEng

A rather counter intuitive title for a blog, but as I have often heard ‘one has to retreat to advance’ ! Reverse engineering in essence is the design process in reverse. The need for reverse engineering arises when one has … Continue reading →

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Integrity in engineering & governance

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Mike Osborn CEng

   Jet Engine under test Recent events in the UK and US led me to think about integrity in our world today, especially in places of leadership and governance, and even within our own professions – mine being engineering. Their … Continue reading →

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A train that’s ahead by a nose !

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Mike Osborn CEng

  ALPHA-X                                                                        Maglev Trains are accepted to be less polluting than aircraft but to truly rival plane travel as a valid alternative they are being developed to go faster. In Japan they are testing the ALPHA-X which stands for Advanced … Continue reading →

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Business Venture – Laurel & Hardy style !

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Mike Osborn CEng

It’s that time of year for a little light hearted fun. Please find link below to one of my favourite Laurel & Hardy short films on one of their many business ventures – selling Christmas trees ! A perfect 18 … Continue reading →

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Metamaterials – world changer

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Mike Osborn CEng

In 2006 Sir John Pendry a physicist invented an ‘invisible cloak’, a nano-engineered material that could bend light waves. This heralded the the beginning of a new class of material that could manipulate the properties of light and do things … Continue reading →

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The WaveFlyer – Electric Hydrofoil Jet-Ski

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Mike Osborn CEng

       The WaveFlyer is the world’s first electric hydrofoil jet-ski, developed by an Australian company Electro.Aero, in collaboration with University of Western Australia. Essentially it is a personal craft that ‘flies’ serenely one foot above the water, powered … Continue reading →

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