The Process of Invention

Filming the "Optimometer" combustion controller for Tomorrow's World, 1964 Phillip Denne has specialised in new product design in a variety of industries for more than 40 years. He is the author of more than 100 patents, from pollution controls and milk weighing systems to microwave transponders and electromagnetic rams.

Prince Charles visits the Electronic Dairy Farm exhibit at the Bath and West Show, 1976
His many inventions include the first VHF paging radio system for UKAEA, the first electronic forecourt petrol blending units for BP and Shell and the first microprocessor-controlled dairy farm management system for Alfa Laval.

Part of the first circular Electronic Warfare Simulator at Marconi Stanmore, 1983
Having designed and built Europe’s largest Electronic Warfare Simulator for Marconi at Stanmore, he created the Super X “Venturer” entertainment simulator.

Queues to ride the first Super X simulator at EXPO 88 in Australia, 1988
To improve its performance he created new types of electromagnetic machines to eliminate hydraulics - the "PemRam", the "ServoRam", and now the "PowerThruster" and its rotary derivatives.

Further Information

	The Children of Necessity
	Friday evening Discourse to the Royal Institution, London, 23 February 2001.
It is not true that Inventions happen by chance. They don't occur at random or arrive like lightning from a clear blue sky. Inventions are deliberately created as new answers to recognised needs and as new solutions to known problems. Read more...
	Invention, Innovation and Finance
	January 2001.
"Invention" is not an eccentric sideline activity to the mainstream of life, as it is often thoughtlessly portrayed. Inventors are not oddballs that we can do without. Invention is the very process by which the human brain changes the nature of human existence. Read more...
	The Mother of Invention
	April 1998.
A special type of dual-action pneumatic and electromagnetic ram was developed to meet the motion control demands of the entertainment simulator business. The technology has now been extended. High-quality dual-action rams which are precise, energy-efficient, and compatible with factory automation standards are finding a variety of applications world-wide. Read more...

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