Author: Ray Keefe
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5G Mobile Communications
5G Mobile Technology 5G is the latest in the mobile communications and follows on from 4G which is what is powering most high performance mobile commuting devices in advanced economies today. However the exact technical standards and technologies to implement 5G are still being formulated. At its heart lies the requirements for increased mobile data, the…
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Global Power Grid
Local versus global electrical power Up until recently, AC Power Distribution was the most efficient way to move electrical energy about. But right back at the beginning of electricity, it wasn’t obviously the case. Thomas Edison had favoured DC voltage and current distribution but was defeated commercially by almost all other comers because the technology…
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Invisibility Cloak – Some Progress
Invisibility Cloak The Invisibility Cloak has been an area of interest for a long time and is a common future technology explored in Science Fiction movies and series as well as fantasy series like Harry Potter. There has been some recent progress. Watch the video below to see. This is obviously cumbersome to take…
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Australian Manufacturing is Growing
Australian Manufacturing PMI It is official. For the past three months Australian Manufacturing has grown each month. This has been confirmed by both AMTIL and Manufacturers’ Monthly. This is in spite of weak demand in the metals sector. It is good to see some resilience showing as the manufacturing sectors diversify. The primary…
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IoT versus M2M
IoT versus M2M M2M or Machine to Machine communications have been around for a long time. So how is the IoT or the Internet of Things different? The picture below shows that basic paradigm shift between the two concepts. The easiest way to think about this is that Machine to Machine communications is a…