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  ​ There’s nothing quite like hearing the news that you’ve landed a new job. It’s exciting, nerve wracking and sometimes overwhelming all at once. It represents a new chapter for you and likely your family too. It’s a nice boost to the ego too, knowing that you beat out countless others to be the one candidate your new employer wanted. There’s also the knowledge that you’ll...

  ​ Anyone who remembers the 1983 classic Wargames will know the perils of handing over control of a nuclear arsenal to a super computer. The infamous strapline ‘would you like to play a game?’ highlighting how detached machines are from the life or death decisions that they may be involved in making. For a machine it’s a binary decision. To launch or not. It’s not a death t...

  ​ In the weeks after we talked about how in-flight comfort has evolved over the years, we’ve been keeping an eye out for what may be coming next for aircraft. Airlines are constantly trying to strike the perfect balance of comfort, weight and space. It’s an unenviable and thankless task which sometimes results in customer dissatisfaction. From the economy class passengers ...

  ​ It seems staggering – considering the ubiquity of technology – that human error is the biggest cause of cyber breaches. Ignorance of cyber threats are increasingly being consigned to the parts of society who are less likely to be aware of threats. Specifically, the over 70s and children. This is either because they didn’t grow up with technology or their interaction with...

  ​ In the modern business world interviews take many forms and can consist of multiple stages. Phone, Skype, Zoom and even FaceTime (other video calling services are available) are all becoming widely accepted approaches to first – and sometimes second – stage interviews. Especially if the employer and candidate are far enough apart that travelling would be impractical. Ind...

  ​ NASA announced they need at least $1.6 billion in additional funding in order to meet the 2024 deadline for sending another manned mission to the moon. Dubbed Artemis, the programme was originally slated for a 2028 landing as part of the Space Policy Director 1, signed by President Trump in 2017. Artemis, incdentally is the Greek Goddess of the Hunt and the Moon. However...

  ​ When the Wright Brothers first took to the sky (well, a few feet off the ground) in 1903 they unwittingly created an entirely new form of engineering. One that would become one of the most significant in the world, creating offshoots that would ultimately see humans travel in to outer space. Aerospace engineering and its countless innovations have shaped the world in way...

  ​ May 2019 marks 50 years of Airbus. Although the first order for Airbus’ A300B wasn’t placed until 1970, the company’s founding – as we know it today – was the year before. Airbus was a multi-national project designed to rejuvenate the flagging European aerospace industry. It was clear that if something wasn’t done the American aerospace giants would dominate the world, r...