The new issue of E&T magazine is online now and it’s our First World War special. This month’s cover star is the unsung hero that saved thousands of lives: the life-saving Brodie helmet issued to British soldiers. Another life-saver in this issue was battlefield communications, a sort of tele-net of things that foreshadowed today’s Internet of Things. We also have the second part of the story of the intelligence operations in the Admiralty’s legendary Room 40; new forms of transport which played their part in the Great War, too, such as the Zeppelins the battlefield debut of an extraordinary machine … Continue reading New issue of E&T magazine now online – the First World War special issue #WW1