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MCI wants to celebrate Curiosity today. NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover. On this day in 2012 this car sized robot landed on Mars inside the Gale Crater. This remarkable rover sent us the first pictures from the surface of Mars, live. When the first footage appeared on the NASA website, the…
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MCI wants to celebrate something that we all take for granted, the traffic light. On the 3 August 1926, at the junction of St James and Piccadilly in London, the first successful set of traffic lights were installed and operated manually by policemen. They had the now familiar red, amber…
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Exploring Otto Hahn and the Impact of Nuclear Fission MCI is looking at the work of Otto Hahn this week. He was one of the inventors in a team who discovered nuclear fission. He passed away today in 1968 and his team’s invention changed the world as we know it,…
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MCI wants to take you back to this day in history 1996. This was the day that the first Tamagotchi was released in Japan. For those of you too young to remember the ‘fever’ that this little toy produced, a Tamagotchi was (and indeed still is) a little egg-shaped toy…
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MCI is celebrating the launch of Apollo 11 on the 16th July 1969. This space mission, with pilot Buzz Aldrin and Commander Neil Armstrong captivated the world as they landed on the moon. Armstrong became the first man on the moon with the immortal words “one small step for man,…
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MCI is celebrating World Chocolate Day today. Whether you like your chocolate milk, dark or white, almost everyone has happy memories of eating chocolate. Latin America is the home of the cocoa and there is evidence of chocolate being drunk there 4,000 years ago by the Mayans, Aztecs and Olmec…
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MCI wants to celebrate the emergency services this week. This very day in 1937, the first 999 emergency telephone service was launched. However, it was only available for a 12 mile radius from Oxford Circus, and where the emergency was an ongoing one. Despite the very limited initial service, 1,366…
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On the 21st June, summer solstice occurred. It is also known as midsummer and is a very special time in the UK. Not only is it the longest day in the UK’s calendar, but Scotland also enjoys a full 24 hours of sunlight. In various sacred sites around the UK,…
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MCI wants to celebrate the achievements of Sir Frank Whittle, the inventor of the turbojet engine whose birthday was on the 1st of June. His story is one of perseverance and genius that, at times, nearly broke him. He applied to the RAF, but was turned down. Determined to join…
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We’ve shown you some of our repairs and posted some of our testimonials, but here are some of the cost efficient, energy saving services we offer: 1. Prompt pick up and delivery, anywhere in the UK. 2. Fully tested repairs using quality components. 3. Impartial and commercially aware advice from…
