1. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36

   …dford** he realised that he'd been using the polished strips of steel to navigate. The name '''cat's eye''' comes from Shaw's inspiration for the device: the light reflecting from the eyes of a cat. In 1934, he patented his invention (patent N…
   …roved Safety == He founded the company with £500 of capital and opened a factory beside his home in Boothtown. In 1936 Shaw conducted a public experiment at his own expense by installing fifty Catseyes on a dangerous stretch of road outside Br…
   …dford. The number of accidents on the road fell sharply and local drivers attributed this to the visibility provided by Shaw’s road markers. {{Image url="Roadcateye.jpg" title="Cats eye" class="left" width="220" }} == A Winner == Concerned a…
   …me road accidents, the **Department for Transport** staged a competition in 1937 to find a robust road reflector. Percy Shaw won the competition with the Catseye after rival models either broke during the trial or were deemed to be ineffective.…

2. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35

   …Sydney died in 1962, aged 94, some obituaries of this great museum director and manuscript collector, friend of Bernard Shaw and T.E. Lawrence, literary executor of Thomas Hardy, called him simply "**grandfather of the hovercraft**".) == War …

3. Concorde — 2021-08-20 11:08:12

   …ears**. ::cl:: == Mach 2 == {{Image url="concorde1.jpg" class="left" title="Majestic Concorde" width="400" }}Brian Trubshaw test flew the first British Concorde at the Filton airfield in South [[Gloucestershire]]. Concorde could fly from New Y…

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