How a reformed EU could act as 'midwife' to the emerging nations as they move towards democracy

The looming threat to world peace

The population of the world is increasing at an unprecedented rate, with most of this increase taking place in the developing world. Fortunately modern technology will lift many of the people in these countries out of poverty. But, as we have seen in the west, technology also increases the wealth gap between the rich and the poor. This leads to discontent and surges towards nationalism such as Brexit and the election of Donald Trump.

Nationalism could take a far more extreme form in the developing countries because many have undemocratic strong man governments. So, as in Putin’s Russia, governments could channel unrest into manufactured conflicts with other nations.

Based on United Nations predictions, here is a ranked list of emerging countries that will exceed the population of the UK by 2050.

India, China, Pakistan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mexico, Philippines, Vietnam,, Iran, Egypt, Russia, Yemen, Uganda, Turkey, Afghanistan, Colombia, Myanmar (Burma) Sudan (North + South), Saudi Arabia.It will only require a handful of governments to take the Putin approach to suppressing unrest, for the whole world to be dragged into a period of unparalleled turmoil.

Maybe a football lesson could prevent this.

Three products are described on this page.

   1   The Survival (First Aid) Pad

This is a versatile foam sheet splint for first aid treatment of wrist, arm, leg, ankle and neck injuries. It is designed for one handed self splinting, with the solo adventurer in mind.

Other InnovationsThis invention simulates the effect of having a television camera inside a golf ball during its flight through the air from the tee, towards the green.

Essentially, this invention is a cunning optical trick, designed to produce impressive visual effects. Briefly, here's how it works: A set of golf ball detecting, radar units alongside the fairway are linked to a computer, which calculates the successive positions of an ordinary golf ball, with no camera inside it, as it travels through the air. A short computer programme, based on the physics of golf ball flight, then predicts where the golf ball will land. The computer programme also works out which part of the landing zone would be seen if there really had been a camera inside the ball. The programme then looks at an electronically stored picture of the whole of the area around the green and displays on your television screen, just that part of the area which it predicts the imaginary camera would see. The system updates the displayed picture, several times each second.

A new concept in high rise accommodation.

By including design features to reduce the spread of colds and

Flu between residents we also add resilience to COVID-19

Type pandemics

We propose an instrument for property price damping, to prevent house price bubbles.

Increased investment in home energy efficiency will be a side effect.

Article summary
In the UK, Euro zone and other currency areas, a Central Bank sets a single interest rate to control all forms of inflation, including property prices. This crude instrument is only effective if if all parts of the currency zone are at the same stage in their economic cycle.

Buildings are different to other personal assets in that they have a fixed position. We describe a financial instrument that exploits the fixed position of buildings to shift property price control back to local level without undermining Central Bank authority. 
Energy saving bonus: Predictable long term house prices would reduce the financial risks of investing in home energy improvements.

A New Breed of Lubricant Free Displacement Pumps

 Patents GB 2273133 and GB2306580

The lubricant free designs cover piston, diaphragm and peristaltic type pumps.  Three of our designs are described below.

These pumps were designed for use in a new type of refrigerator that would protect the ozone layer and also generate clean electricity.

 Western blue collar workers are angry. Thanks to globalisation and automation, their job prospects have been getting worse for decades. This has resulted in a dramatic increase in the ‘diseases of despair’ such as alcohol and opiate addiction, suicide and obesity.

This anger could transform into extremism if the COVID pandemic creates a long and deepest recession.

This page is a response to issues raised by the former President of the Royal Society in a television documentary.
(“Science under attack”, BBC2, 24 Jan., 2012. - Hyperlinked below.)¹
The threat

"Science" in its broadest sense from sociology to medicine and engineering is under attack.

The attacks are being made on two fronts; a powerful anti-science lobby and a growing number of dishonest researchers within.

The tiny number of corrupt researchers pose the most serious threat because their bad behaviour casts doubt on the whole of science.

On this page we suggest defenses against both forms of attack.