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Sorry if I came across as bragging if that's what your pointing at, I just wanted to heat my workshop free of charge…… and thought, this is probably something someone might want to replicate for their model engineering …….
In terms of technology the first electron microscope was built in 1931…. as skilled as he is (and I certainly couldn't achieve that), it's not exactly cutting edge – whereas, I don't imaging the world networking together their mechanical calculators to join forces and battle cancer in 1931,
Not sure what you mean by the PC's, iPhones and eChuff but since Valve Corperation who employ Ben Krasnow are at the bleeding edge of "PC's, iPhones and eChuff" and it's all American I don't know anyone who confuses it as UK tech.
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Not at all, you came across as someone who would heat their shed with their PC, and claim the money back by using it to generate virtual money…. Or something.
Maybe you should have a look at at Ben's vids.
I think Valve, the US game software company, have employed Ben to carry on building stuff in his shed.
Unlike here in the UK, there is a recognition of the benefit that brains in sheds can practically realise.
Valve have a demonstrable history of doing this. I can name other people that they "look after" too.
Comparable in the UK is Sage. Renown for accounting software. It's a corporate stitch up. I certainly don't think it would be worthwhile to approach them for an engineering development bursary, on the basis of my youtube vids!!!! (Not that I have any)
You get a company like Valve, and they recognise that all the software in the world isn't going to get you to the moon. Most importantly, they have something in them, which makes them look outward. Looking towards that which might be lost, that which could be gained.
It's not that you are bragging. It is that if we look like we are bragging, then I think we look stupid.
Maybe all model engineers have a computer big enough to heat their workshop, but I think not; I know I don't.
Edited By Andy Ash on 25/02/2014 23:00:18