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  • S.P. Thompson Pamphlets: Electric Clocks

    The Silvanus Phillips Thompson pamphlet collection was collated and arranged by Thompson, the former President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in London. The collection covers a wide range of topics in physics and chemistry including electrical horology. Particularly, a box titled: ‘Electric Clocks and Time-Indication III’ (UK0108 SPT/P/I/065), illuminates Thompson’s interest in electrical synchronised clocks and his involvement in the Synchronome Syndicate Limited. It includes correspondence and pamphlets from the Synchronome Syndicate Limited and the Synchronome Company Limited. Synchronome System and S.P Thompson Frank Hope-Jones met George Bennett Bowell during their time at the Hope-Jones Organ Company.…

    IET Library
    IET Library

  • 2019 Extended Season At Wales South West

    Thank you to our # Volunteers and all who took part to make a brilliant 2019 IET Wales South West also celebrating the Centenary of the Women's Engineering Society. 11 events, >400 attendees, 25 hours of CPD offered. See the comments for the full summary of events! # Engineering # STEM The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) WES The story is told better in pictures, with the summaries of each of the events.

    Susan Jones
    Susan Jones

  • SESAME December 2019 Newsletter

    Please find attached the December 2019 edition of the SESAME newsletter. The newsletter is also in the Files section but by posting as a blog it should be available without having to log in to the community website. Let me know if you have any problems.

    Samuel Gaw (Jim)
    Samuel Gaw (Jim)

  • 2020! The Year Of Transient Empowerment.

    The ability to have efficient technology use is something that all digital economies are striving towards. All industries, from consumer to manufacture, Industry 4.0, e-health, e-gaming, Fintech and immersive experiences need to demonstrate perceivable value. With all of today's technology available for any solution, you should be looking at transient empowerment mechanisms to enhance your value proposition. The gig economy is an example of where the perfect blend of technology and business needs allow individuals to interact with any gig based economy with full transient empowerment , Taxi apps are a strong example, here the workings of empowerment is promoted by simple ecosystem interactions ensuring the value propositions are satisfactorily achieved. Under the bonnet, this means a clear…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • UWI 12th Public Seminar On “Project Management Practices In The Caribbean” On Saturday 14th December 2019.

    There were over 70 participants including invited guest speakers, Project Management professionals, academics, students, and delegates from industry who are interested in the theme “Project Management from Quality and Industrial Engineering Perspectives” who attended the Seminar. Many participants commented that the presenters were very knowledgeable about their areas of expertise and the presentations were interactive and informative. Attached are some photos of this successful event, which was hosted by UWI in collaboration with IET TT LN and other professional bodies in Trinidad and Tobago.

    J. Maraj
    J. Maraj

  • Happy New Year 2020

    G’day all   It has been quite a year for CC-AP (running two BIG events, namely the Communities Volunteer Conference – CVC and the 1 st Regional Faraday Challenge). CC-AP would like to thank everyone who make it successful. We hope that 2019 has been just as memorable for you, your colleagues and your loved ones.   Have a safe celebration and holiday. Looking forward to catching up with some of you in 2020. To those celebrating Christmas a very Merry Christmas. Happy New Year 2020 from all the CC-AP team members.

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • New Year, New Skill? New Decade, New You?

    As December, traditionally seen as a month for reflection on the year, draws to a close it is important not only to look back on what we have done but also consider where we might want to go. January is often a time for new beginnings, and as we head into a new year (and in fact a whole new decade) many of us will be making new year's resolutions for what we want to achieve in 2020 and beyond.  So whilst you're thinking about your new year's resolutions or new plans for the year ahead, why not take a moment to reflect on your achievements and consider what your next steps are. Whether you're considering professional registration and not sure what to do, or are a seasoned career professional who is maintaining a broad engineering knowledge, the IET is here for you to support your development…

    Kathryn Bain
    Kathryn Bain

  • ICVSSD 2019 By Universiti Sains Malaysia

    Summary of the conference from IoT network Chair Yew Kee This IGNITE-ICVSSD 2019 are two international conferences, International Conference of Global Network for Innovative Technology (IGNITE 2019) by Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT), Japan, and International Conference on Vibration, Sound and System Dynamics (ICVSSD 2019) by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia, held on 2-3 December At this conference, IoT TN Chair, Yew Kee was a Keynote speaker on "IoT Smart Building". He presented experiment results which demonstrated the proposed IoT technology application that used an innovative realtime control method to control Smart Building using telco/Wi-Fi. This was shown by linking his house's smart building energy management system to stimulate an IoT-ready product connected to the…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • Calling Canadian Engineering Professionals To Work Together

    Have a look at the site .Together we can achieve our goal. Update: As of Jan 2020, I am happy to pass on the ownership of this IET Toronto LN website to the new Chair.

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Robotics In Education (IET Central London Network)

    "The longer you engage with a robotics platform the harder it gets for the platform to spot learning patterns" explained Dr Gaudl, Lecturer at University of Plymouth at the 'Robotics in Education' Christmas evening lecture organised by the IET Central London Network held at the IET Savoy Place. He went on to explain that without patterns robots cannot learn and it’s this innovation challenge within the Operating Systems used by robots that will make or break the launch of low cost robotics industry. People are likely to respond to this new industry if the robots actually work, and so far they are working! .. well think robot steps not pigeon steps. Dr Gauld walked the audience through a series of robot examples and how their successes are really dependent  on the cost of components. A robot…

  • Arnold Barks Christmas Lecture On That's TV Salisbury

    That's TV Salisbury's report on the Arnold Barks Christmas Lecture held in Salisbury Guildhall on 11 December can be found here  https://www.facebook.com/thatssalisburytv/videos/1267862073411888/   This is a joint event between the IMechE Salisbury and IET Dorset and South Wilts LN

    John Savage
    John Savage

  • Schools Liaison Programme

    IET Coventry and Warwickshire has an active programme for schools of all types and met with over 15,000 pupils and 800 teachers in Coventry and Warwickshire.Pupil Challenge Kits: Please see our list at  https://communities.theiet.org/communities/files/156/1804  All are free to borrrow and have eight to ten sets of challenge materials. Speakers: Please see our list at  https://communities.theiet.org/communities/files/156/18050  All are willing to come to your school free of charge to speak about careers and other hot topics. School Activities: We frequently help at careers fairs, mock interviews, in-school Big-Bang-Fairs. Our aim is to show that careers in STEM subjects are worth considering but also to convince pupils that hard work will make so much difference to their futures. Our volunteer…

    Derrick Willer
    Derrick Willer

  • Tickets still available for the Arnold Barks lecture tomorrow!

    Come and meet 'The Stig' at the Salisbury Guildhall tomorrow 18:30pm https://events.theiet.org/arnold-barks-memorial-christmas-lecture-2019/

    Anna Gilbert
    Anna Gilbert

  • Digwyddiad Nadolig De Orllewin Cymru 2019 - Cludiant trydanol: Yr her i fatris

    Rydym yn edrych ymlaen mas draw at ein digwyddiad Nadolig. Mae'n addo bod yn wahanol ac yn diddorol, gellir gofyn y cwestiynau rydych wedi eisiau holi am dyfodol trefnidiaeth electrig. Cofrestrwch yma ac ymunwch gyda ni https://bit.ly/2P0UD38 Nodir - yn anffodus ni gallwn cynnig y darlith yn Gymraeg ar hyn o bryd. Ond mi fydd siaradwr Cymraeg ar gael.

    Susan Jones
    Susan Jones

  • Wales South West Christmas Lecture 2019 - Electrifying Transport: Challenge For Batteries

    We are very excited about our upcoming Christmas Lecture. It promises to be a varied and interesting event where you can ask the questions that you've been itching to know about the future of electric transport. Please register https://bit.ly/2P0UD38 and join us.

    Susan Jones
    Susan Jones

  • 22nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) Of The Institution Of Engineering And Technology (IET) Brunei Local Network (LN)

    The Institution of Engineering and Technology Brunei Local Network held its 22 nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) last Friday, 29 th November 2019 at I-Lotus Restaurant, Kampong Rimba. The AGM received the Chairman’s Report for the Session 2018/2019 and also the election of the new Office Bearers, Management Committee Members and Auditors for the term 2019/2020 was elected. The new management committee is comprised of professionals from both the government and private institutions. Haji Jailani bin Haji Buntar has been elected as the Honorary Chairman for the new management committee.  Also elected was Dr. Tang Shi Siong as Honorary Vice Chairman, Muhd Aminuddin bin Mohd. Yussof as the Honorary Secretary, Dk Roselawati binti Pg Haji Halus as the Honorary Treasurer and Ikhwan Tiong bin Abdullah…

    Aminuddin Yussof
    Aminuddin Yussof

  • SOC At Apple: Evolution Through Innovation (IET Eng Talk)

    John Metcalfe, senior director in Apple’s silicon engineering group and Jonathan Redshaw, Director in Apple’s platform architecture team took to the stage at the IET London:Savoy Place for the IETEngTalk series lecture. They spoke about how developments in silicon fabrication techniques are allowing Moore's law to remain relevant within the chip design industry. However, the need to increase performance and power efficiencies will always be present and described how consumer features that were once part of a console, through innovations, are now seen as part of chip architecture itself, such as machine learning, smart sensing, security and multi bus requirements - the chip itself is becoming the mother board ! It’s this rate of quality innovation that allows us to have better virtual reality…

  • Our committee 2019

    Jon Stevens - Chair Vacant - Vice chair Dean Hill - Secretary James Curnow - Treasurer David Reece - Education liaison Brian Walker - IMechE rep Don Harwood - member Mike Martin - member Stevie Wray - Webmaster Jeff Callan - member

    Julie
    Julie

  • Talk Reminder - Engineering Challenges Of The Extremely Large Telescope

    Folks Just a reminder that the next SESAME talk, Engineering Challenges Of The Extremely Large Telescope, takes place at 1400 this Wednesday, 4 December. The venue is the Siegfried Room of Napier University's Craiglockhart Campus. The venue address and a link to details of the talk are given below. If driving to the venue, when you enter the site, please use the intercom to let security know you are attending the IET talk. They will then direct you to car park A. I look forward to seeing you there. Jim Gaw IET SESAME committee Venue address Napier University (Craiglockhart Campus) Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH14 1DJ Event link to IET calendar https://events.theiet.org/engineering-challenges-of-the-extremely-large-telescope/

    Samuel Gaw (Jim)
    Samuel Gaw (Jim)

  • Talk Reminder - Engineering Challenges Of The Extremely Large Telescope

    Folks Just a reminder that the next SESAME talk, Engineering Challenges Of The Extremely Large Telescope, takes place at 1400 this Wednesday, 4 December. The venue is the Siegfried Room of Napier University's Craiglockhart Campus. The venue address and a link to details of the talk are given below. If driving to the venue, when you enter the site, please use the intercom to let security know you are attending the IET talk. They will then direct you to car park A. I look forward to seeing you there. Jim Gaw IET SESAME committee Venue address Napier University (Craiglockhart Campus) Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH14 1DJ Event link to IET calendar https://events.theiet.org/engineering-challenges-of-the-extremely-large-telescope/

    Samuel Gaw (Jim)
    Samuel Gaw (Jim)

  • Rare Books Blog: Martin Del Rio’s Magical Investigations

    The latest Archives blog, from Daniel Simkin, IET Research Librarian.   The image above shows the engraved title page of Martin Del Rio’s Disquisitionum Magicarum or Magical Investigations, published in Latin in 1603. It examines the practice of demonic magic and gives advice on how to identify and punish witches, as well as others who Del Rio regarded as heretics. Magical Investigations first appeared in 1599 and as an important work on demonology has been reprinted many times. The IET Archives holds two copies of Del Rio’s work, one in folio size from 1603 and another later edition in quarto size from 1679. Although there are some differences between the editions in the engraved title pages, both show scenes of the Ten Plagues of Egypt from the book of Exodus. Moses is pictured performing…

    Anne Locker
    Anne Locker

  • The IET's Americas Communities Volunteer Conference 2019, Houston, Texas, November 9 - 10

    On the weekend of November 9 - 10, the IET's Americas Communities Volunteer Conference 2019 was held at the Aloft Hotel Downtown in Houston, Texas, USA.Around thirty volunteers from across the Americas region converged in Houston in early November for networking, sharing best practices and ideas, learning about updated strategies and activities from the IET, the Communities Resourcing Committee ( CRC ), the Communities Committee - Americas ( CC-A ), the Communities Committee - Technical Networks ( CC-TN ), the Young Professionals Communities Committee ( YPCC ), and getting some hands-on experience with the DIY Faraday Challenge Day ( DIY-FCD ) and micro:bit STEM education activities that can be leverage by IET volunteers in the Americas. After a fun "ice breaker!" led by two of our YP's, we…

    David
    David

  • New Code of Practice for Building Automation and Control Systems

    Enhance your skills and expertise with this new Code of Practice for Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS).  This new Code of Practice provides comprehensive advice on specifying and implementing building automation and control systems (BACS). A useful on-site document that can be applied to projects from concept to commissioning and beyond to energy optimisation The Code of Practice for Building Automation and control Systems will help you to:  communicate with your client about levels of energy efficiency BACS may achieve and how to improve that performance evaluate the design of a building automation and control system, from concept to commissioning and beyond, against industry standards; and  understand the skillsets required and the levels of engagement needed from key stakeholders…

  • The Kinora: Pioneer Of Edwardian Home Movies

    Patented in France in 1896 and invented by cinematography pioneers Auguste and Louis Lumière, the Kinora was a smaller and portable version of the mutoscope, known in the United Kingdom as ‘What-the-butler-saw machines’. Unlike the mutoscope, the Kinora would not be associated with amusement arcades, beach piers, and a means to view early erotica, rather it pioneered home movies... How does the Kinora work? Like a flip book, a sequence of monochrome photographic prints was attached to strong but flexible cards and fixed in a circular reel. The user would revolve the reel using a manual handle, where the images would flip against a static pin and produce the moving image. The user would view the moving images via an eye piece. Customers could purchase or rent commercial films, commission a motion…

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