Spotline Live Online Engineer Interviews From Your Home
In the spotlight over the next couple of weeks, we have three different engineering professionals from across the sectors that will allow you to explore the world of engineering further!…
The past couple of months have been fabulous for our Live Online Engineer Events. It has been a difficult job selecting who to mention, with such a plethora of engineering…
With the Leaders Awards deadline coming very close (28th March) the submissions are starting to come in and fill up the office. With the total of nine regions being part…
Team Proto Scotland update: The University of Strathclyde Engineering Students are well on the way to creating the chosen invention to make for this years Scottish Engineering Leaders Award….
Meet the Engineer event attracts huge interest amongst Edinburgh schools more than two hundred Edinburgh pupils and their teachers attended a Primary Engineer event hosted by the National Museum of…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE CHRISTMAS CRACKER & THE SELF POURING GRAVY
Crackers In 1848, a British confectioner, Tom Smith, pioneered a new way to sell sweets. Inspired by the Parisian tradition of wrapping bon bons in twists of paper, Smith…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: SATELLITES & SATELLITES WITH CONCAVE MIRRORS TO REFLECT THE SUN’S LIGHT BACK TO SCOTLAND
Who invented satellites It all started with basketball-sized pack of technology known as Sputnik 1. The world’s first ever satellite was launched on October 4, 1957 by the Soviet…
Thomas Crapper “He started a business and created a legend” In 1861 Thomas Crapper started a plumbing and sanitary engineering business. He quickly gained a reputation for high quality…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: FOOTBALL BOOTS & SWITCHY SOUL
Football boots The first pair of football boots noted in history are those made for King Henry VIII of England, who ordered a pair from his Great Wardrobe in…
25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE ALARM CLOCK & THE RUN AWAY CLOCK
The alarm clock Alarm clock: The first alarm clock was created in ancient Greece, by Ctesibus, a Hellenistic engineer and inventor. He developed an elaborate system of dropping pebbles on…
