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Today MCI is celebrating Easter! Not only is this the time in Scotland when flowers are beginning to bloom and the weather gets warmer (apparently). We are going to be giving one another chocolate Easter eggs, stuffed with sweet treats. Some families will be going on Easter egg hunts, trying…
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This week, MCI wants to celebrate the granting of a very important patent – the patent for RAM (coincident current magnetic core memory). As you all know, no one would be able to use a computer or even read this post without this invention. The inventor was Jay Forrester. His…
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MCI wants to remind everyone that it’s a leap year’s day on the 29th February. Not only does a leap year mean lots of sporting excitement with the Olympics (this year to be held in Paris) but lots of leap year day traditions around the world. In the UK, the…
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This week, MCI wants to celebrate Mary Anderson, the inventor of the windscreen wiper. She was born this week in 1866 in America. She was truly a woman of action – a real estate developer, rancher and viticulturist. Before 1903, if it was raining whilst you were driving your car,…
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MCI wants to wish all its customers and friends a happy Lunar New Year! This year is the year of the Wood Dragon, the only mythical animal in the Chinese zodiac. This year will be a prosperous one, filled with good fortune. We are told that it is a great…
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MCI Electronics provided sponsorship to Eddie Hughes, an avid marathon runner and Falkirk resident actively fundraising for children’s charities. The money raised will benefit both Breast Cancer Now and the Children Tumour Foundation. Eddie has made supporting children’s health causes his personal passion. He ran numerous marathons over the past…
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After the recent storms and rain in Scotland, MCI are dreaming of sunnier times. With that in mind, it is a coincidence that this week in 1904, the ice cream waffle cone was invented. Ice cream itself has an incredibly long history and it is suspected to have come from…
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As MCI begins another exciting year, we want to wish everyone a Happy New Year. With business going well, MCI is on the hunt for electronic engineers and field engineers. If you have what it takes to work at MCI, send us your CV at cv@mcielectronics.co.uk. We’re looking forward to…
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MCI’s advent calendar is finally finished for the year. We hope that it brought you some festive fun. Please remember that our offices are closed from the 23rd December 2023 and re-opening on the 4th January 2024. As we hang up our tool bags and pop our slippers on by…
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MCI would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, when it comes.
