They say you can never escape your past.  Having thought that I had left engineering behind me, the opportunity came up to help Hodges and Drake Design  to develop some interesting new vending technology.  Our job was to work on the computerised plc control systems for some pretty wacky new machines.  The result was a range of prototypes for one of the world's largest food companies.  Because they are prototypes we aren't allowed to show any pictures yet but watch this space...