Knol - Google's Wikipedia Knowledge Network 

Knol makes it easy for you to write and share your knowledge with the world. Knol offers: Ease of use All you need is an account, a name and a desire to write and we'll take care of the rest. Control ... You specify the level of collaboration you want with the community. Your knol, your voice. Community ...   [More...] [Less...]

Companies Should Have Presence On All Major Web Platforms 

Much has been written lately about the rise of the API . Offering a programming interface to an online service is now standard practice amongst this generation of web companies. Through APIs, we get to ... enjoy a range of innovative Twitter clients, wide availability of maps and location information, custom...   [More...] [Less...]

Wellcome Collection 

Wellcome Collection: an exciting destination for explorers of the human condition Wellcome Collection is a unique mix of galleries, events, and meeting, reading and eating places where you can consider ... what it means to be human. It brings to life Sir Henry Wellcome's vision of a place where people...   [More...] [Less...]

IET | Electric Traction Systems 2008 

Welcome to ETS 2008 The last 30 years has seen a significant development in railway traction, with the debate on energy and emissions in transport now high on the political agenda. There are key challenges ... ahead for railway traction engineers, providing many exciting opportunities. This professional...   [More...] [Less...]

Amberley Working Museum 

Amberley Working Museum is a 36 acre open-air museum dedicated to the industrial heritage of the south-east. Staffed largely by volunteers, the museum contains a wide range of exhibits, ranging from transported-based ... collections, such as the Southdown bus collection & the village garage, to industry-based...   [More...] [Less...]

Whipple Museum of the History of Science - University of Cambridge 

You are seeing an unstyled version of this site. If this is because you are using an older web browser, we recommend that you upgrade to a modern, standards-compliant browser such as FireFox [http://www.getfirefox.com/] ... , which is available free of charge for Windows, Mac and Linux.   [More...] [Less...]

Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford 

Copyright © 1995-2008 Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3AZ, UK The contents of this site may not be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the ... Museum. xhtml   [More...] [Less...]

Science Museum 

Ekcovision Portable Television This was the first truly 'portable' television. It could run off batteries or be connected to the mains supply. Remember it? Add your memories. Ekcovision Portable Television

The Royal Society - the UK's national academy of science 

Does the human menopause have an evolutionary explanation? Results published today in Proceedings B point clearly towards the maternal grandmother having a key role in the evolution of the menopause. 2008 ... Summer Science Exhibition Do you want to be part of the Royal Society’s most prestigious public...   [More...] [Less...]

The Royal Institution of Great Britain - celebrating science research and science communication for over 200 years. 

welcome Welcome to the Ri – celebrating science research and science communication for over 200 years. For over 200 years, the Ri has been 'diffusing science for the common purposes of life'. A range ... of activities takes place under one roof, from schools lectures to providing a forum for the general...   [More...] [Less...]

Newcomen Society UK - home page 

The Newcomen Society is the world's oldest learned society devoted to the study of the history of engineering and technology. The Society is based in London and is concerned with all branches of engineering: ... civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, aeronautical, marine, chemical and manufacturing. ...   [More...] [Less...]

The British Society for the History of Science 

Welcome to the website of the BSHS: the main organisation in the British Isles working to bring together people with an interest in the histories of science, technology and medicine and their changing ... relationship with society. Learn more about the BSHS here ... Latest announcement (7 July 2008) Designing...   [More...] [Less...]

The Scientific Instrument Society - Learned Society for instrument specialists and enthusiasts 

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Members and Friends. Welcome to our brand new website in this our Society's Silver Jubilee year. My name is Paolo Brenni and I have been involved in the SIS since its ... foundation in 1983. In July 2005, I was honoured to be elected President and I repeat the pledge I...   [More...] [Less...]

Defence Electronics History Society 

The Defence Electronics History Society (DEHS) was formerly the Friends of the Centre for the History of Defence Electronics (CHiDE). We are now pleased to announce a growing relationship with the Defence ... College of Management and Technology (DCMT) and Cranfield University at the Defence Academy of...   [More...] [Less...]

ETS acronym 

Goliath 

A system engineering approach to rail engine design.(Company Focus)(MTU Series 4000) Publication Date: 01-MAY-07 Publication Title: Format: Online Company: MTU AG~Product information MTU AG~Services ... Read this article now Try Goliath Business News - FREE! You can view this article PLUS... Over...   [More...] [Less...]

Hitachi review 

Hitachi, Ltd. has been developing converter-inverter systems and auxiliary power converters to which they have applied vector control techniques and high-voltage IGBTs (insulated gate bipolar transistors), ... airless line breakers, and electronic master controllers. These are applied to make train traction...   [More...] [Less...]

Suite 101.com 

This branch of engineering developed through the efforts of engineers and railroad companies to make railway systems safer, more reliable, more powerful, and more cost efficient. Railway engineering has ... evolved into a diverse profession, requiring talents in a number of Historically, railway engineering...   [More...] [Less...]