Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page324 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI think you\u2019ll find that somebody\u2019s already invented the hole punch.\u201d says NutJob.<\/p>\n \u201cNot a device for punching holes in paper. It\u2019s a secret weapon to be attached to enemy ships by special forces. It\u2019s left in place below the waterline. With nobody around it mysteriously punches a hole in the ship until it sinks.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOK \u2026 have you built a prototype?<\/p>\n HayWire points to the wooden bucket at the end of his workbench.<\/p>\n \u201cThe challenge is to use materials which allow the mechanism to operate in sea water.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd make a hole in your bucket? Dear Liza, Dear Liza!\u201d<\/p>\n —o—<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Inevitably, during their next visit to the Innovation Lab, a conversation about the MDC comes up again.<\/p>\n BarmyWaffle\u2019s still not convinced.<\/p>\n \u201cI honestly think that rechargeable batteries are the way to go,\u201d he says, \u201cbetter than direct clockwork power to an axle or a propeller. A uni dimensional clockwork engine can power a dynamo, which can recharge a battery, which can deliver a stable electric current over time.\u201d<\/p>\n He turns to his desk.<\/p>\n \u201cLook at this,\u201d he says, \u201ca pocket calculator! It\u2019s made of plastic. Plastic was both a blessing and a curse. When my mentor retired forty years ago, he gave this to me. It\u2019s been an engineering tradition for more than 200 years, passing on a personal memento when you retire.\u201d<\/p>\n The ancient, handheld, plastic calculator is fitted to a small wooden plinth which is enclosed neatly inside a glass display case. It\u2019s BarmyWaffle\u2019s favourite conversation piece, and he delights in telling people about plastic, about batteries, and about solar panels.<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page324 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page324 \u2013 Next \u201cI think you\u2019ll find that somebody\u2019s already invented the hole punch.\u201d says NutJob. \u201cNot a device for punching holes in paper. It\u2019s a secret weapon to be attached to enemy ships by special forces. It\u2019s left in place below the waterline. With nobody around it mysteriously punches a hole … Continue reading “Chapter 37 A Major Win324”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1994,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993\/revisions\/1994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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