Christmas Leaders Award Scottish Engineering Leaders Award

25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: LEGO & THE LEGO HOOVER

The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making wooden toys in 1932. In 1934, his company came to…

Christmas Leaders Award Scottish Engineering Leaders Award

25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: ELECTRIC BLANKET & THE ICE BLANKET

The Electric Blanket 1912: Dr. Sidney I. Russell invented the first ever electric blanket in 1912. Russell intended for the electric blanket as an easier way to keep patients warm…

Christmas Leaders Award North East Leaders Award

25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: MICROSOFT & WORLD TRAVELLING CLASSROOM

  Bill Gates – Microsoft Bill Gates is an American business magnate and computer programmer who is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company. One of the…

Christmas Greater Manchester Leaders Award Leaders Award

25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: 3D PRINTING & THE CAKE ‘O’MAKER

3D Printing Charles Hull Charles (“Chuck”) Hull co-founded by the inventor of 3D printing.   Hull, who was then working at a company that used UV light to apply thin…