Advancement for Humanity.
The ability to freeze goods has given the world a great advantage, perhaps one of the biggest in human history.
Today we have freezers on aircraft, shipping, fishing trawlers, factories and trucks both road and rail cars. Meanwhile various types of goods from meats to flowers can now cross thousands of miles and arrive fresh the same day.
Prior to the invention of the refrigerator ice and cool boxes were it and food could not really be moved very far or kept very long. Flowers really had to be picked fresh and many other things eaten with in at least 24 hours.
Thursday, 21 August 2014
Thursday, 14 August 2014
Underwater Cities.
Jules Verne.
It is probably to expensive to build a underwater city that is imagined in 19th Century science-fiction and would they really be viable? It has been the development of the nuclear deep water capable submarines that perhaps has put to bed this concept.
There are some inshore underwater observatories and most for tourism, rather than science around the world. But it would still remain an advantage to build a base to study the potentials for even future planetary expeditions say to Titan and some of the moons of both Saturn and Jupiter?
It is probably to expensive to build a underwater city that is imagined in 19th Century science-fiction and would they really be viable? It has been the development of the nuclear deep water capable submarines that perhaps has put to bed this concept.
There are some inshore underwater observatories and most for tourism, rather than science around the world. But it would still remain an advantage to build a base to study the potentials for even future planetary expeditions say to Titan and some of the moons of both Saturn and Jupiter?
Thursday, 7 August 2014
ROBOT's Part-Two.
The Revolution.
We have now entered the age of relying upon electronic computer systems to control many aspects of our daily lives. Travel, communications, pleasure, mapping and medicine.
People today are no longer able to cope without their mobile phone, aircraft are flying on remote control, injured people and animals are monitored by various machines, cars and vehicles are built by robots.
Robots can do many good things, but I expect that in time we may have a revolution to turning it all off just like the American TV series by the same name?
We have now entered the age of relying upon electronic computer systems to control many aspects of our daily lives. Travel, communications, pleasure, mapping and medicine.
People today are no longer able to cope without their mobile phone, aircraft are flying on remote control, injured people and animals are monitored by various machines, cars and vehicles are built by robots.
Robots can do many good things, but I expect that in time we may have a revolution to turning it all off just like the American TV series by the same name?
Thursday, 31 July 2014
Modern Airships. Part-One.
Scientific and Zoological Research.
Modern airships are now coming to their fore in the role of atmospheric research, they are ideal for this role because of their slow speed. They more or less can float along with the clouds or the weather systems, of course not all weather is ideal for them.
Other near future roles may be police observation duties and other line inspection in the oil, gas, electric industries. The Airship would also be great for observing how fish, whales, shark's and dolphins migrate and how herds of animals and birds migrate across the Oceans and the continents?
Modern airships are now coming to their fore in the role of atmospheric research, they are ideal for this role because of their slow speed. They more or less can float along with the clouds or the weather systems, of course not all weather is ideal for them.
Other near future roles may be police observation duties and other line inspection in the oil, gas, electric industries. The Airship would also be great for observing how fish, whales, shark's and dolphins migrate and how herds of animals and birds migrate across the Oceans and the continents?
Thursday, 24 July 2014
Cruise Liners. Part-One.
On Cruise.
Many people when they come to the end of their working lives or have made a win on the lottery dream of going on a world cruise. This type of ship has been designed to provide for that luxurious adventure, it will technically be a floating hotel with everything includes, swimming pools to casinos, shops to theatre.
Food and fine dining to fast food and snacks, gyms to fitness games and massage/saunas. This is the modern vessels. Originally this was only for the rich and privileged few. If you watch murder mystery's such as Agatha Christies, Poirot you see several episodes on ship travel like the River Nile.
Others films have been made about the Titanic and there are many more famous true and fictitious world films and series covering the matter.
Many people when they come to the end of their working lives or have made a win on the lottery dream of going on a world cruise. This type of ship has been designed to provide for that luxurious adventure, it will technically be a floating hotel with everything includes, swimming pools to casinos, shops to theatre.
Food and fine dining to fast food and snacks, gyms to fitness games and massage/saunas. This is the modern vessels. Originally this was only for the rich and privileged few. If you watch murder mystery's such as Agatha Christies, Poirot you see several episodes on ship travel like the River Nile.
Others films have been made about the Titanic and there are many more famous true and fictitious world films and series covering the matter.
Thursday, 17 July 2014
London Overground. Part-Two.
Revitalising old rail lines.
This is the answer to helping to expand the overground network for London, it is much cheaper than expanding several other established surface lines such as the District and Metropolitan.
Development of overhead electrics is being persuade for west London and possibly for the east also. This is one of many proposals that are now coming to fruition and they are welcomes, because of the massive strain on the whole London Underground system.
The future holds Cross-Rail and how that will help relive the existing pressures, in time like the Docklands light railway this too will have to expand with several off-shoots.
The problems originated with the failure of the old London County Council and its fore runner the GLC to plan ahead, or even ask big business to make a serious investment.
This is the answer to helping to expand the overground network for London, it is much cheaper than expanding several other established surface lines such as the District and Metropolitan.
Development of overhead electrics is being persuade for west London and possibly for the east also. This is one of many proposals that are now coming to fruition and they are welcomes, because of the massive strain on the whole London Underground system.
The future holds Cross-Rail and how that will help relive the existing pressures, in time like the Docklands light railway this too will have to expand with several off-shoots.
The problems originated with the failure of the old London County Council and its fore runner the GLC to plan ahead, or even ask big business to make a serious investment.
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Harvestors. Part-Two.
Big Business.
Today there is now nearly a harvesting machine for every crop that can be sown/planted on farms, vine-yards, cane plantations and paddy-fields. The day of the cropper has arrived, thus cutting the need to employ vast numbers of people to pick.
In some cases picking by hand is still preferred, especially with soft fruits and asparagus this is because their is a demand by the supermarket chains for quality in appearance. Many new kinds of harvesting machines have been designed to pick, pull and twist and capable of covering a wide area.
The initial machines of say thirty to forty years ago have now been well classed out, but sizes and quality of farm machinery remains to the cost of purchase and the types that are needed.
FMC Model 679 Range, Smallford Model Multi, Carib Bruff Cane Cutter, FABCO, David Thomas, Todd, Moreau, Aquamarine, Grimme.
Today there is now nearly a harvesting machine for every crop that can be sown/planted on farms, vine-yards, cane plantations and paddy-fields. The day of the cropper has arrived, thus cutting the need to employ vast numbers of people to pick.
In some cases picking by hand is still preferred, especially with soft fruits and asparagus this is because their is a demand by the supermarket chains for quality in appearance. Many new kinds of harvesting machines have been designed to pick, pull and twist and capable of covering a wide area.
The initial machines of say thirty to forty years ago have now been well classed out, but sizes and quality of farm machinery remains to the cost of purchase and the types that are needed.
FMC Model 679 Range, Smallford Model Multi, Carib Bruff Cane Cutter, FABCO, David Thomas, Todd, Moreau, Aquamarine, Grimme.
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