From the earliest times, humans have found ways to create light. Pre-historic peoples used natural materials (moss, grass, etc.) soaked in animal fat and...

This post is quick introduction and overview to different railway electrification voltages used in answer to a question sent in via email. While there...

The IEC publishes a series of documents and rules governing the preparation of documents, drawings and the referencing of equipment.   Depending on country...

Our IEE cable sizing was wrote a few years ago and had become rough around the edges. I thought it was time to give the tool a service. Unfortunately when...

Before the technical, some general information. E-ink display are found in a lot of e-readers, some mobile phones and similar devices and the intent is...

Multimeters are undoubtedly the most common item of electrical test equipment in use.  Often it is the first piece of equipment people will turn to when...

We have had the Wiki with us for a long time now, but at last I have decided to say bye bye – more details on why below.

Modelica is an open source (free) software language for modelling complex systems. Having never used it before, I thought I would download a development...

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GE have put together a time-lapse video shown flight take-off and landings at some airports. An interesting view: