What is Translucent Concrete? Translucent concrete, also known as light-transmissive concrete, is a new type of concrete that allows light to pass through it. Unlike ordinary concrete which is opaque, translucent concrete gets its light-transmitting properties from the addition of specialized admixtures or embedded optical fibers. These admixtures

Laying the Foundations Long before mobile phones and internet became ubiquitous, companies were laying the foundations of  digital connectivity under the seas. The first submarine telegraph cable was laid across the English Channel in 1850 and connected Britain and France. This marked the beginning of an era where companies would fan out across o

History of Stairlifts Stairlifts have been in use since the late 19th century to help those with limited mobility navigate stairs easily and safely. One of the earliest stairlifts, invented in 1869, manually hoisted people up and down stairs using a winding handle. Later developments in the 20th century saw the introduction of powered stairlifts t

What are Solid State Drives? Solid state drives, also known as SSDs, are data storage devices that utilize integrated circuit assemblies as memory to store data persistently. Unlike traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) which use spinning magnetic platters, SSDs have no moving parts and instead use flash memory which allows for faster read and write