Clever water hydraulics crafts the perfect Espresso. Can a hydraulic process really capture the craft of the barista maestro and produce the perfect espresso? The world loves espresso. The world loves espresso coffee. There are 21,000 coffee shops in the UK alone, so the Allegra Coffee Portal tells us. This article tries to [...]
The craze for kyosho jutaku, that distinctly Japanese variant of the micro home, may have started in the thirteenth century, but there’s good reason why jutaku has more recently exploded in popularity outside Japan. These micro houses are often built on unused, “leftover” land —urban infill, in the truest sense of the term. We’re talking [...]
How today’s Winter London might have looked quite tame 400 years ago. With some true winter mornings arriving this week in the Medieval Town Square of Salisbury and really freezing weather 80 miles away in London, Sarum are dwelling upon winters in the capital some 400 years ago. Sarum just loves the winter spectacle that [...]
Cupertino raises the stakes even higher on consumer gizmo's. "The Consumer Electronics Show (C.E.S) in Las Vegas this week is the gathering place for those who thrive on tech." Sure is, but sometimes big stories get lost in a sea of gizmos. If you are selling millions of devices or gadgets and you need a [...]
Sarum Hydraulics were cheered to see a hydraulic drill bolted on the back of a reindeer sledge for a rather sensible way of taking ice cores in the Arctic. Being December, our thoughts quickly turned to Christmas, and how we could give a tech makeover to Santa’s dashing, if not slightly archaic, sleigh. The old [...]
This week has been a big week in space, both 220 KM up in orbit and also in a galaxy far, far away. Unless you have been hibernating under a very remote rock with a truly awful wi-fi connection, you will be aware that this week marks the latest instalment in the Holy Grail of [...]
Big noise was made across social, digital and print media this week as buzz surrounding the launch of the latest in the Fallout gaming series reached fever pitch. With what was arguably the biggest launch in gaming history, the hotly anticipated release has defied the transient nature of digital culture, with the majority of fans [...]
It’s 1994 and Richard Branson has just had a rather nasty crash in his Range Rover. Whilst Richard might have been unlucky, all those years ago it seemed obvious to engineers that you should never treat this sort of specialist vehicle as a sports car. With high road clearance cometh a high centre of mass, [...]
With a long heritage of wonderful chassis engineering and precise handling automobiles, Lotus Cars, founded in 1952 by Colin Chapman, are still producing exciting British sports cars on the global stage. Whilst it is the beautiful sports cars which usually (and deservedly) command the spotlight, for today’s blog Sarum Hydraulics explores the innovative design and [...]
Sarum Hydraulics explores the twists and turns of hydraulics in the amusement industry. With so many white-knuckle rides available for the British thrill seeker at theme parks across the country, a rather autumnal Sarum Hydraulics reflects on the enduring popularity of the local travelling fun fair. October in Salisbury in Wiltshire and the bright lights [...]
