Engineer Profile: Naomi Climer, Institution of Engineering and Technology President
On the 1st of October this year, Naomi Climer was shot into the spotlight when she became the first female president of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET), and she came with a plan to show that ideas of engineering as a male profession are more myth than reality.
The Evolution of the LED Lamp
Airedale Springs work closely with a wide and diverse range of customers providing them with spring and wire form design solutions for an equally wide range of products, particularly tension springs and wire forms. One industry we take great pride in working with is the LED lighting industry. In the past we’ve created ingenious torsion spring designs… Continue Reading …
Unlocking the Potential of Origami Bridges
Most of us are familiar with origami, the paper folding craft which originated in Japan and brings hours of either frustration or serenity, all depending on your ability to fold a crease at exactly the right point. What you may not have considered, however, is the possibility of applying the same principles of folding which… Continue Reading …
Inventions You Would Like to Exist (But Don’t)
It seems there’s barely any room left to move forward for aspiring inventors. The age of rapid innovation, with each life-changing advance swiftly followed by another, seems to be all in the past. But is it? We may have stretched our resources to the very limits but there’s always room for improvement and there are… Continue Reading …