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MCI has been a dog friendly office for nearly a decade, MCI wants to celebrate a rather famous dog who solved mysteries with his friends, Shaggy, Velma, Fred and Daphne. Today was the day that Scooby-Doo was first premiered by Hanna Barbera in 1969. How many of us can remember…
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Today, MCI wants to celebrate the truly remarkable life of Richard Tolman. This man was a multidisciplinary scientist who excelled in theoretical cosmology and statistical mechanics. He was also a physical chemist and mathematical physicist. He was professor of physical chemistry and mathematical physics at Caltech. The part of his…
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MCI wants to celebrate the first moving image camera today. Thomas Edison / William Dickson invented the Kinetograph camera, which was a camera that could take a series of photographs of something in motion. The photographs were then stored on a perforated film and allowed one viewer to see the…
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MCI wants to celebrate the life of a very famous Scot, William Wallace. He died this day in history 1305. Most people will know him as the hero from the film Braveheart. Contrary to the film though, he was a well educated man who went to a monastery school. He…
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MCI wants to celebrate the official invention of the calculator today. Although adding machines have existed since the days of the ancients, with primitive machinery like the abacus (which is still used effectively today), August 19th was anniversary of the death of Blaise Pascal, the ‘inventor’ of the first patented…
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MCI wants to celebrate the invention of the lift (elevator to our friends across the Atlantic). Elisha Graves Otis, born on the 3rd August 1811, was an American industrialist and inventor. His names still graces many lifts today. Not only did Otis invent the first lift, but Elisha Otis also…
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MCI is celebrating the marine environment this week, as it is currently National Marine Week. At this time, we are all encouraged to take a minute to think about the immense importance of the sea and all the diverse life that lives in it. It’s not only an essential part…
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MCI fixes many a packaging machine, so it is not surprising that we are celebrating Paper Bag Day today. Whether you are using them to hold your groceries or hold your burger and fries, paper bags are an indispensable part of our lives. The ‘first generation’ paper bag making machine…
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While we were enjoying strawberries and cream a few nights ago (with a helping of Andy and Jamie Murray playing doubles for the last time), we thought of the beginnings of Wimbledon. The very first Wimbledon was held this week, 9th July in 1877. Let us set the scene for…
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Today, MCI wants to celebrate a very small but important invention that has forever changed the way we shop… the barcode. This week in history, the first UPC (unique product code) item was scanned at a checkout in a store for the public. This happened on June 26, 1974 in…
