by Alastair Trower | Mar 26, 2024 | Aerospace & Defense, Articles
Due to sensitive subject matter, many client and project details have been omitted. Alarm bells are sounding. Polish President Andrzej Duda has recently called for all NATO member states to increase their defence spending to 3% of GDP. The reason for his remarks is...
by Alastair Trower | Mar 11, 2024 | Product Design
Back in 1997, the public reaction upon first seeing the Vacanti Mouse (the laboratory mouse who appeared to have an ear grown on its back) was a mix of shock and fascination. The striking image spawned several concerning, yet rather ill-informed protests. But once the...
by Alastair Trower | Jan 22, 2024 | Marine
Being a captain ain’t easy. Critical, life and death decisions, ensuring the seaworthiness of the ship, handling payroll, staffing, and grievances all while being responsible for all persons and cargo on board; the daunting weight of all these responsibilities are...
by Alastair Trower | Jan 16, 2024 | Industry 4.0
In August 1987, the world was in a deeply dire state. Sixty years of chlorofluorocarbon (CFCs) filled refrigerators and aerosol spray cans had depleted a large part of the ozone layer to a perilous level. A future of blinded children, scorched earth and extreme...
by Alastair Trower | Jan 5, 2024 | Aerospace & Defense
noun: also skunk works, skunk·works [skuhngk-wurks] .Slang. an experimental laboratory or department of a company or institution, typically smaller than, and independent of its main research division. The summer of 1943 was a hot one. The world was mired in an...
by Alastair Trower | Dec 20, 2023 | Electronics, Mechanical, Product Design
Barely three weeks before Christmas, Mike Rizkalla looks out of a window on American Airlines flight 134 and reflects upon the beauty of the Jundu mountains below. The electrical engineer and serial entrepreneur is heading back to his family in New Jersey after...
by Alastair Trower | Dec 15, 2023 | Marine
In mid-November 2023, a decommissioned tidal turbine barge washed up on the shores of Nova Scotia in Eastern Canada. The abandoned hulk hung upon the rocks, leaving licence only to cormorants and puffins to take a berth upon her deck. This was an unfortunate end to...
by Alastair Trower | Nov 23, 2023 | Articles, Marine
Deep. Well. Connected. The Importance of Trust and B2B Alignment James Fisher Decommissioning & Enginuity Inc. Picture this – you’re on a rolling deck of a ship in the North Sea, dawn is breaking, dark, foreboding clouds hang low in the air, there is...
by Alastair Trower | Nov 21, 2023 | Articles, Product Design
Hand in Hand with CleanBands Like many of us, David Iwankow’s first job as a teen was at a buffet serving food; slicing roast beef and making salads for hungry and unsuspecting guests. At the time he never thought about it, but looking back, he realized that he...
by Alastair Trower | Sep 25, 2023 | Aerospace & Defense, News
Now in its 17th year, DEFSEC Atlantic is Canada’s premiere Aerospace, Defence, Security and Marine trade show. The conference draws many Canadian and international delegates from across various disciplines and attracts some of the biggest names in the Aerospace and...