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Posted on 1 April 202230 May 2024

Because It’s Friday. I have an interest in flying cars – doesn’t everyone?

flying car

I have written about technology and flying cars on the Octagon blog a number of times – so I was please to find this article for our “Because It’s Friday” feature: From the Delorean to the Batmobile, these are the cars that shaped film history | Ars Technica Some of …

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Posted on 28 January 202226 April 2022

Because it’s Friday – I cannot miss another chance to blog about flying cars!

Frank Tinsley Flying Car 1950

I am of an age that when I was at school, we all thought we would have flying cars by 2022! Read that story here: Now we are all one step nearer to owning a flying car: Flying car wins airworthiness certification – BBC News Headline image credit – Frank …

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Posted on 19 November 20215 April 2023

Because it’s Friday – Sir Clive Sinclair

The passing of Sir Clive Sinclair has meant there are a lot articles about his life and work being written, this is one of my favourites. Uncle Clive’s Greatest Hit: The ZX Spectrum – Raspberry Pi I didn’t have a Spectrum I had a very much hacked about, home assembled …

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Posted on 17 September 20215 April 2023

Sir Clive Sinclair

ZX Spectrum bag and mug

One of the people who inspired me into a career in technology has died. Sir Clive Sinclair passed away on the 16th September 2021. I wrote an article for Octagon Technology about the important early tech that he invented and I bought. Here is the link: Here is the man …

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Posted on 23 December 202026 April 2022

Some Christmas Fun

A screen shot of Google image results for flying cars

Over the past few weeks I have written two articles around the technology theme of “Where is my flying car?”. These really fall outside of the more focused articles on this site – but hey it is Christmas. Here are the links for the articles on the Octagon Technology website: …

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