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Want to see the perfect component? – just open your eyes.

by David Norton  |  September 25, 2009  |  1 Comment

Monday night saw me settle down in front of the TV to watch “What Darwin Didn’t Know” on BBC. A documentary described as “the story of evolution theory since Darwin postulated it in 1859 in ‘On the Origin of Species’.” Towards the end of the program, and just before I nodded off (having two boy’s [...]

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What do battleships and social networking have in common – System of Systems

by David Norton  |  September 16, 2009  |  Comments Off

 Last week found me at the Defence Systems & Equipment International Exhibition (DSEi) in London.  DSEi bills itself as the world’s largest defence trade show with over 1000 exhibiters and 25,000 delegates over 4 days. Attending the show is an event by itself, you need to be security checked weeks before hand and it took [...]

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