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  • A Room With A View...

    If you’ve ever been to the IET’s Savoy Place venue in London I’m sure you know that the view from the balcony in the Riverside Room is amazing. Spanning a 180 degree view along the river Thames from the Palace of Westminster and Big Ben, down stream to Canary Wharf and St Pauls Cathedral. And at night, when the city lights up, it’s even more magical… The view however, is forever changing with the continuous construction of new buildings and the newest kid on the block is even taller and shinier than those before. So tall in fact, that at 1017ft, it’s now the tallest (habitable) building in Europe. I’m sure the view from the top is stunning but at £25 to access the viewing platform, I’m not sure that I’ll get to see it anytime soon… Those who know London well will know that I’m referring to…

    Lisa Miles
    Lisa Miles

  • The train arriving at platform one, will not stop here…..

    Whenever I arrive at Kings Cross station in transit to Savoy Place, I’ve always wondered if they ever test the buffers at the end of the platform to see if they will actually stop an ‘out of control’ speeding train doing some 90 mph? Not that it will ever happen given the level of technology present to prevent such an occurrence, but it is something that I’ve always wondered about. It’s also something that I wouldn’t mind seeing if they ever did test them… So any of you Safety or Railway Engineers out there, give me a call if you hear of anything! I had another ‘inner Sheldon Cooper’ moment yesterday... At Covent Garden tube station I overheard a small child asking his mother why it was so windy in the underground tunnels. I resisted the temptation to launch into a full on explanation of the…

    Lisa Miles
    Lisa Miles

  • Where's The Screwdriver...?

    Anyone who knows me well will tell you that yes, I am a geek. Some will say that I’m all five characters of The Big Bang Theory rolled into one which can be amusing for some and frustrating for many others…  Not interested in girls toys as a child but rather more intrigued by my brother’s electronic toys, often taking them apart to see how they worked. Much to the annoyance of my brother and even more so my parents, as (as usually happens) there was always a few bits left over when I reassembled it and it never quite worked the same... on Boxing Day.  I think I can be forgiven though as I was only around 8 or 9 at the time.    However, the tinkering never quite stopped and more recently a gas installer servicing my boiler had to contend with me looking over his shoulder telling him which wires…

    Lisa Miles
    Lisa Miles

  • Australia & NZ Shine At 2012 Asia-Pacific PATW Final

    Genevieve Beart, the Australian representative for the IET Present Around The World (PATW) competition for 2012, was recently announced as the runner-up in the Asia-Pacific regional final, securing an additional £300 in prizemoney to add to that of her previous wins at the Victorian and Australian stages of the competition. Genevieve's presentation was on her innovative electronic system for identifying the spectral characteristics of light in the home for treating jaundice in newborn children. With other competitors from Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Pakistan and Singapore, Genevieve was runner-up only to Abigail Arulandu, the representative from New Zealand, who will go on to represent the Asia-Pacific region at the International Final in London later this year. Everyone from the IET…

    Rowan P
    Rowan P

  • Victorian Wins National Present Around The World Competition

    Genevieve Beart, a former electrical engineering student at the University of Melbourne, has won the national Present Around the World competition which was held in Sydney last month. Genevieve competed against representatives from SA, QLD, NSW and WA and impressed the judges with both her presentation skills and her achievements from her final year project, BiliDoc – a handheld device that provides a safe, simple and automated home phototherapy treatment process for infants with low-risk jaundice. Genevieve will now go on to represent Australia in the South Pacific Regional Final which will be held in Singapore later this year. Congratulations Genevieve, and we wish you best of luck at the South Pacific Regional competition!

    Rowan P
    Rowan P

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