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President Donald Trump inauguration time lapse of the mall

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]As President Donald Trump was being inaugurated a lot of pictures of Barack Obama’s inauguration started to appear online and it wasn’t long until the comparison photos showing up to. So since we love time lapse videos we thought we would join in as well. Below is an aerial timelapse of Washington, D.C.’s National […]

LED Uplighting at the Aviator Hotel, Farnborough

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On Friday 13th January, AVE Services transformed a conference room at the Aviator Hotel in Farnborough into a vibrant and exciting space for an after-conference competition evening. The brief was simple: take a plain hotel room and give it energy and atmosphere for the staff event. Our solution? LED uplighters placed strategically around the room […]

SpaceX launch: Falcon9 successfully lands on drone ship in the Pacific

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]SpaceX is launching a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Los Angeles to send 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into Earth’s orbit. In September 2016, Elon Musk’s rocket failed a test launch, when it blew up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It has recovered a total […]

Batteriser / Batteroo Toy test and product failure

Comparative battery runtime test with and without a Batteriser on a wooden train track setup.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dave Jones of the EEVBlog, Youtube electrical engineering video blogger debunks the Batteriser once again – showing that humans still cannot defy the laws of chemistry and physics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][sppmemberplayer sppmpvidhosting=”youtube” sppmp_shselectskin=”minimalist” sppmp_yt_videoid=”Tl90m2KHbNk” sppmp_ytvisalign=”Center” sppmp_ytautohide=”1″ sppmp_ytautoplay=”1″ sppmp_ythighquality=”hd1080″ sppmp_vimctrlcolor=”#00adef”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The EEVblog is the world’s largest and most popular Youtube Engineering channel with over 380,000 subscribers, and hosts one of the […]

10 Years Of The Iphone

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]10 Years ago today ( January 9th) Steve Jobs shakely introduced a product which would divide millions of phone uses for years, the iPhone. In Apples press release they reminded us of the iconic phrase Jobs used, describing the iPhone as  “a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet […]

Brendoncare Carol Concert

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Brendoncare Christmas Concert at Winchester College On 11th December, Brendoncare hosted a beautiful Christmas concert featuring the highly regarded Winchester Consort, conducted by Andrew Hayman, at Winchester College. The concert offered a charming portrayal of the Christmas story through a carefully curated selection of music spanning five centuries. The programme included works by renowned composers […]

AVE 2016 Summary

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Oxford Real Farming Conference – Opening Session & PA Hire

Close-up of cheese with event details for “The Grate Cheese Debate” at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, focusing on farming's impact on food.

The Oxford Real Farming Conference kicked off on 3rd January with a welcoming session at St. Edmund’s Hall in Oxford city centre. The evening began with the cleverly named “Grate Cheese Debate” — a lively and delicious introduction to the conference. Guests enjoyed a special cheese-tasting session hosted by four directors from: Lye Cross Farm […]

Case Study: Wadworth Brewery “Best of the Best” Awards

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On 28th November, AVE Services had the pleasure of delivering full event production for Wadworth Brewery’s “Best of the Best” Awards at the historic Bear Hotel in Devizes. The evening was designed to celebrate the outstanding pubs, teams, and individuals that represent Wadworth’s values — and we ensured the setting matched the importance of the […]

Amazon Prime Air Drone Being Tested In The UK

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Amazon Prime Air is a cargo airline and conceptual drone-based delivery system currently in development by Amazon. The drone is currently being tested in Cambridgeshire in the UK, so hopefully by the end of the year Christmas shopping could be even easier! Watch the video below to find out how it works[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/vNySOrI2Ny8″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

GoPro Recalls Drone Resulting In Job Losses

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] GoPro is cutting 200 of its job and closing some of its IT services that it currently offers. The announcement came as the new Karma aircraft that was launched back in the summer has had a few crashes, causing the company to recall the anticipated drone. The US company president, Anthony Bates would leave […]

AVE Services Now Accepts Over The Phone Payments With Sage!

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]AVE Services can now take over the phone payments with our Sage payment system making those last minute hires easy and quick to pay for. We accept Maestro, MasterCard, Visa, Visa Debit, Paypal and American Express[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18563″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18562″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

AVE Services Has Been Busy Moving Offices to Greenham Business Park On The Outskirts Of Newbury

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]If you have contacted AVE in the last couple of weeks you may have heard something along the lines of we are currently moving offices. Well we have! Greenham Business Park just on the outskirts of Newbury, Berkshire is now our new home! Thanks to our new offices we are now offering a place […]

New SciTec Building Opened By HRH The Duke Of Gloucester At Oundle School

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]AVE Services provided the unveiling curtains for Oundle School to be opened by HRH The Duke of Gloucester for there new SciTec vision. Here’s what they had to say: SciTec, an award-winning and ground-breaking science complex with 16 state-of-the-art laboratories, first opened in 2007. This latest development, which has focused on uniting the subjects of […]

Mars Probe Crash Lands

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/CuxqW_4xN08″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Engineers at the European Space Agency (ESA) are racing to figure out what went wrong with the Schiaparelli Mars lander. On 19 October, the probe just seemed to drop out of the sky and crash to the surface in less than a minute before its planned soft landing. The ESA is urgently trying to […]

Case Study: Bringing #TuskerFest2016 to Life

When Tusker decided to host #TuskerFest2016, they wanted to transform an ordinary field into a fully equipped festival site for their employees — a place where they could enjoy an unforgettable evening of entertainment, team spirit, and celebration. AVE Services was proud to make it happen by delivering a complete technical solution to support the […]

Case Study: Hitachi Capital Employee Conference

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In September, AVE Services was proud to deliver full event production for Hitachi Capital’s annual employee conference. The goal was clear — create a powerful, visually striking setting that would leave a lasting impression on the 200 employees attending each day. Creating a High-Impact Visual Experience To meet Hitachi Capital’s vision, we installed a 3×3 […]

Case Study: Sculpture Unveiling at Westbury Manor Museum, Fareham

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On 12th September, AVE Services was proud to support the official unveiling of a striking 10-foot sculpture in the gardens of Westbury Manor Museum, Fareham. Commissioned to celebrate the town’s connection with Vannes, France, this public art piece was the centrepiece of a day filled with celebration and civic pride. Creating the Perfect Unveiling Moment […]

A 360 Degree View Of Mars Using NASA’s Rover at Murray Buttes

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Explore this Mars panorama by moving the view with your mouse. This 360-degree panorama was acquired on August. 5, 2016, by the Mastcam on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover as the rover neared features called “Murray Buttes” on lower Mount Sharp. The dark, flat-topped mesa seen to the left of the rover’s arm is about 50 feet […]