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Van Walt is delighted to have supplied equipment for the Dart Project (Detection of Archaeological Residues using remote sensing Techniques), research led by the School of Computing at the University of Leeds which plans to ‘revolutionise effective use of state-of-the-art remote sensing technology’ to see beneath the soil to uncover the past. Archaeology is noread the rest…
I could have gone down to the sea again but it’s raining and more importantly we’re celebrating my daughter’s 25th birthday. At the beginning of a child’s life we measure in months. It then becomes years and soon decades. When we’re able to refer to fractions of centuries, for a parent, it just gets depressing.read the rest…
The world population reached 7 billion sometime last year but is predicted to be 9 billion by 2050. 80 million new babies are born every year. Many people believe that this rise in population, particularly in the developing world, must be addressed if we are to reduce carbon emissions, feed everyone and stop the extinctionread the rest…
One of the best things about my job is that I get to go out visiting customers! As one of the ‘equipment experts’ it’s my responsibility to ensure customers know and understand how our equipment works and its pro’s and con’s when it comes to specific projects. If I deliver a piece of equipment it’sread the rest…
It’s just over 18 months since we officially launched our Service & Repair facility specifically set-up to reduce downtime in the field whenever your equipment fails or breaks-down or simply needs servicing. Depending on the type of equipment you send us, our routine service may include cleaning, spares inventory, battery testing, PAT test and calibrationread the rest…
One of my favourite authors W. Somerset Maugham tells the tale of an old French Savoyard who believed that a wise traveller travels only in imagination and those are the best journeys for then you lose none of your illusions. For me the anticipation of travel to an unknown place fills me with excitement andread the rest…
Thanks to our customer Beth Hume of WSP Remediation we have introduced an optional second battery kit when you hire a peristaltic pump. When fully charged, the battery in our peristaltic pump should give you between 3 and 5 hours of continuous use but in order to maintain this performance, the battery does require aread the rest…
Oh the joy last week when commuting to work! My usual 50 minute journey reduced by 30%, courteous drivers who give way and drivers concentrating on the road rather than their passengers. Being on the roads when the UK’s mums and children are on holiday is bliss. What’s so surprising is the impact of theread the rest…
On commenting about the serious look on the faces of some of his colleagues at a recent conference in Belfast, our correspondent there, Rory Flood let me into the secret: “ Academics have a great way of looking serious, once you’ve mastered that and quoting a dimensionless figure with error (e.g. “sea-level will rise byread the rest…
Well Easter has come and gone, I’m sure everyone managed to stock up on many an Easter egg and indulge the sweet tooth/coffee tooth/meat tooth/alcohol tooth after a forty day sojourn! I myself decided to give up some of my time for the forty days and instead took on another task; organising the Irish Quaternaryread the rest…