Paul Markillie
@paulmarkillie.bsky.social
Writes about technology (the kind you can drop on your foot) and carries a camera
Evri’s attempt at delivery. Of course, nothing arrived and security cameras show no attempt at a delivery. Our community regularly experience lost, stolen and disputed deliveries. This company should be closed down for mass fraud. They once sent identical pics of an alleged delivery to us all.
September 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Evri’s attempt at delivery. Of course, nothing arrived and security cameras show no attempt at a delivery. Our community regularly experience lost, stolen and disputed deliveries. This company should be closed down for mass fraud. They once sent identical pics of an alleged delivery to us all.
A new bird species in our bird feeder
April 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A new bird species in our bird feeder
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Deer in the mist
March 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Deer in the mist
Drones are a classic dual-use technology. This cargo drone from Pipistrel can carry 270kg loads for more than 500km. Looks like it can be front-loaded with cargo pallets using a forklift. www.pipistrel-aircraft.com/nuuva-v300-t...
Nuuva V300 takes off with successful first flight - Pipistrel
Pipistrel, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced the successful first hover flight of the Nuuva V300, a long-range, large-capacity hybrid-electric VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) unm...
www.pipistrel-aircraft.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Drones are a classic dual-use technology. This cargo drone from Pipistrel can carry 270kg loads for more than 500km. Looks like it can be front-loaded with cargo pallets using a forklift. www.pipistrel-aircraft.com/nuuva-v300-t...
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Snowdrops are up
February 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Snowdrops are up
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Cricket pitch a bit wet
January 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Cricket pitch a bit wet
In training for the Big Garden Bird Watch
January 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In training for the Big Garden Bird Watch
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social you like trees
January 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social you like trees
These guys need some help www.change.org/p/halt-the-r...
Sign the Petition
Halt the Removal of Historic Lime Trees at Tickhill's Local Garden Centre
www.change.org
January 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
These guys need some help www.change.org/p/halt-the-r...
A complaint I hear from many tech bosses in the UK. Government indecision and a lack of understanding leads to project delays and a loss of advantage. Been writing about small modular nuclear reactors for a decade, and there is still no demo unit up and running. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A viable business’: Rolls-Royce banking on success of small modular reactors
UK firm in vanguard of companies arguing SMRs are quicker and cheaper option than large Hinkley-sized nuclear plants
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A complaint I hear from many tech bosses in the UK. Government indecision and a lack of understanding leads to project delays and a loss of advantage. Been writing about small modular nuclear reactors for a decade, and there is still no demo unit up and running. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Big tree in the mist
January 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Big tree in the mist
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Another chilly morning for the herd
January 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Another chilly morning for the herd
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America should offer to buy Greenland from Greenlanders, not Denmark. And it would probably be a good deal to make every one a multimillionaire in exchange for the territory. Trump should rescind all threats and instead name a price--my column
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
An American purchase of Greenland could be the deal of the century
Donald Trump’s threat of force is unwise. Instead, he should come up with a price
www.economist.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
America should offer to buy Greenland from Greenlanders, not Denmark. And it would probably be a good deal to make every one a multimillionaire in exchange for the territory. Trump should rescind all threats and instead name a price--my column
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
A 3D-printed battery that you feed rather than charge (or more correctly an interesting fungal fuel cell). It could power things like sensors in remote locations. www.empa.ch/web/s604/fun...
The biobattery that digests itself
www.empa.ch
January 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A 3D-printed battery that you feed rather than charge (or more correctly an interesting fungal fuel cell). It could power things like sensors in remote locations. www.empa.ch/web/s604/fun...
The world is covered in concrete. Its main ingredient, cement, is responsible for some 7% of man-made CO2 emissions. There are ways to decarbonise, but at the end of the day industry has to be prepared to pay more for these green alternatives. A good roundup:
www.idtechex.com/en/research-...
www.idtechex.com/en/research-...
Decarbonization of Cement 2025-2035: Technologies, Market Forecasts, and Players
This report characterizes cement decarbonization technologies, markets, and players. With coverage across 40 different cement decarbonization solutions, spanning over 200 companies, and market forecas...
www.idtechex.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The world is covered in concrete. Its main ingredient, cement, is responsible for some 7% of man-made CO2 emissions. There are ways to decarbonise, but at the end of the day industry has to be prepared to pay more for these green alternatives. A good roundup:
www.idtechex.com/en/research-...
www.idtechex.com/en/research-...
@shashj.bsky.social Rolls-Royce used to fire frozen turkeys into their jet engines to simulate bird strikes. They could handle it. The question in South Korea is why no flaps and undercarriage in an emergency landing?
December 29, 2024 at 7:36 PM
@shashj.bsky.social Rolls-Royce used to fire frozen turkeys into their jet engines to simulate bird strikes. They could handle it. The question in South Korea is why no flaps and undercarriage in an emergency landing?
AI has already given us Large Language Models for chat and questions and Large Behavioural Models for robotics. We now have Large Computational Engineering Models for rocket engines. leap71.com/2024/12/23/l...
LEAP 71 hot fires advanced Aerospike rocket engine designed by computational AI | LEAP 71
leap71.com
December 29, 2024 at 11:09 AM
AI has already given us Large Language Models for chat and questions and Large Behavioural Models for robotics. We now have Large Computational Engineering Models for rocket engines. leap71.com/2024/12/23/l...
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Christmas cuddles
December 22, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Christmas cuddles
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The transition of PV panels from energy generator to building material continues.
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/12/17/g...
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/12/17/g...
German institutes unveil facade with PV, weather protection, thermal insulation
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (Fraunhofer UMSICHT) say their new facade combines PV mo...
www.pv-magazine.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:00 AM
The transition of PV panels from energy generator to building material continues.
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/12/17/g...
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/12/17/g...
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🎶It's the most wonderful time of the year🎶 - time for The Economist's Christmas issue, in which I try to explain what makes Toyosu, in Tokyo, the world's greatest fish market:
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
A day in the life of Toyosu, the world’s greatest fish market
The best sashimi chefs on the planet rely on Japan’s Wall Street of seafood
www.economist.com
December 19, 2024 at 6:21 PM
🎶It's the most wonderful time of the year🎶 - time for The Economist's Christmas issue, in which I try to explain what makes Toyosu, in Tokyo, the world's greatest fish market:
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
In-wheel electric traction motors are an interesting prospect that go back a long way - even Ferdinand Porsche used them for his first car, which was in fact an EV. These take the idea much further. newatlas.com/automotive/e...
Striking hollow motor prompts new era of genre-warping vehicles
A few years ago, Finnish-Estonian startup Verge launched a wild motorcycle with a rear wheel so hollow you could stick a leg straight through it. Now the moto builder has realized the powerful ring-li...
newatlas.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:20 AM
In-wheel electric traction motors are an interesting prospect that go back a long way - even Ferdinand Porsche used them for his first car, which was in fact an EV. These take the idea much further. newatlas.com/automotive/e...
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Solar energy is booming, but we don't have to worry about covering the world with solar installations, which occupied approximately 19,000 km² in September 2024, roughly 1/3 the size of Tasmania.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
December 18, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Solar energy is booming, but we don't have to worry about covering the world with solar installations, which occupied approximately 19,000 km² in September 2024, roughly 1/3 the size of Tasmania.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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Pink sky tonight
December 14, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Pink sky tonight