What is your favourite invention? Which of the following come top of your list – the car, television, microwave ovens, mobile phone, the computer, a camera or other great ideas? They were all the result of hard work by amazing people. So, who invented the car, the TV, microwave ovens and the like? That is what I enjoy finding out. Many of the great inventors will feature on this site as part of the amazing people series.
Amazing Anniversary
Posted by charles in Careers, Cities, Inventors, London on 16. Sep, 2011 | 0 Comments
In 1666, a dreadful fire ripped through the heart of London burning houses, churches and other buildings. Sir Christopher Wren was given the job of re-developing many churches. One of them, St Paul’s Cathedral is celebrating its 300th anniversary. I am often asked what I regard as amazing. One of the factors is that a [...]
The Eiffel Tower
Posted by charles in Cities, Inventors, Life Stories, Paris, Places on 03. Aug, 2011 | 1 Comment
Walking through Paris, the City of Light, one late June evening, I passed by the Eiffel Tower. As it stood majestically above me, I wondered what inspired Gustave Eiffel to come up with such an outstanding design? How did it all come together? It must have been quite a project! So, I decided to conduct a virtual [...]
Magic Machines
Posted by charles in Careers, Inventors, Places on 29. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Every week brings news of an amazing piece of technology. In the last few days, Blackberry have announced a rival to the iPad, with a hand held machine that does most things except cook breakfast. You can be anywhere now and communicate with whoever you wish so long as they have a magic machine in [...]
Walt Disney – A Team Development Entrepreneur
Posted by charles in Careers, Entertainment, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, Self Development on 25. Apr, 2010 | 2 Comments
How did Walt Disney get the idea to develop cartoons that entertained millions of people? Also, how did he build the great Disneyland team? Of course, many of us come up with good ideas. Sometimes we work on them and develop an invention. That is only half the battle at best. To make money from [...]
Microwave Oven Magic
Posted by charles in Inventors, People on 27. Feb, 2010 | 5 Comments
Fast food depends on microwaves. How did the great invention come about? Surprisingly, it happened by accident. Percy Spencer was an engineer working for the Raytheon Corporation. One day, he was standing near a machine called a magnetron. He had a chocolate bar in his pocket and realized that the chocolate had started to melt. [...]
Gutenberg and the Ipad – An Amazing Journey
Posted by charles in Inventors, People on 30. Jan, 2010 | 10 Comments
As I watched the video of Steve Jobs launching the new Apple Ipad my mind turned to another great innovator – Johannes Gutenberg. He developed the first moveable type printer in Europe. Until he made the great breakthrough, about 1435, people had to write everything with quill and ink. Therefore, it made it difficult to [...]
