Just over 20 years ago, a 17-year-old with a passion for engineering won the prestigious ‘Young Inventor of Great Britain’ award. Ben Hindsley, from Hexham, Northumberland, devised a new type of LED bicycle light that gave 23 times longer battery life. That was 1992. Today Ben is Lead Attribute Engineer on the New Peugeot 308 […]
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Though it is nothing revolutionary that tyres are made from rubber which is a natural product from the rubber tree, it is slightly more eyebrow raising to consider that rubber can be made from flowers; not just any flower either, the humble dandelion. Tyre manufacturer Continental and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied
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Infiniti Red Bull Racing have released part two of their four part documentary, unlocking the doors to some of their development secrets. It’s interesting stuff with some of the figures mentioned being quite literally mind blowing. With thousands of design changes occurring every week and only 5 months (in general) to design a new car
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Creating a successful Formula One car, from drawing board to race track that is able to be competitive across a entire racing season, usually involves the kind of secret that only the ‘inner circle’ is able to access. so closely guarded are secrets and development work, that even Red Bull Racing themselves were loathed for
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I remember watching repeats of Roger Moore’s portrayal of The Saint as a youngster during summer holidays. To be completely honest, I don’t remember any part of the story line – or even why he was called the Saint – but I do remember the car he drove, a Volvo P1800. Later in life, having
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