1. The Advanced Passenger Train (APT) We might have invented the first one (The Rocket), but we’ve been making up for it ever since, partly by coming up with the worst rail infrastructure in world and then gifting the British people with the Advanced Passenger Train. The APT itself was pretty clever – thanks to a [...]
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As the UK slips into its worst recession for 100 years, we think it’s time we took stock of the technologies that have advanced our everyday lives and to sing the praises of the inventors who truly put the great into Great Britain. So fire up your American-designed, Chinese-made MP3 player, crack open another can of [...]
