Category: Innovation
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Jet Pack Comes of Age
Jet Packs The history of the Jet Pack goes back to the 1920s and there have been working versions since the 1960s. But there have always been a combination of severe technical restrictions and safety concerns. The 1920s ideal of us all commuting via Jet Packs is not going to happen any time soon. And…
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Industry 4.0
The 4th Industrial Revolution This is the first in a series of posts looking at the 4th Industrial Revolution that is now upon us. To understand why this is a big deal, it is worth looking at the previous 3 Industrial Revolutions. This material is based on presentations made by Dr. Martin Schlegel who is…
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Victorian iAwards 2015
Victorian iAwards 2015 Last year at the Victorian iAwards 2014 , our client Rectifier Technologies Pacific took out 2 categories for Victoria. This year we are pleased to have two clients as finalists and at the iAwards ceremony this evening they both took out merit awards for their category. A merit award means they were judged to be…
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Endeavour Awards 2015 Winners
Endeavour Awards 2015 This year we were finalists at the Endeavour Awards in the categories of Australian Industrial Product of the Year and IT Application of the Year. We didn’t win either category but the competition was pretty tough and I was pleased for ANCA for beat us for the Australian Industrial Product of the…
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PACE Zenith Awards 2015
PACE Zenith Awards 2015 We have only just heard. You probably already know that we are finalists for the Endeavour Awards 2015 this year with 3 of our projects. Today we got the news that we are finalists in four categories at the PACE Zenith Awards for 2015. I’m sure at least one of you…
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Electricity Grid 2.0
What if we could start again In the days when DC converters didn’t exist, it made sense to base our electrical distribution system on transformers and AC voltage level shifting. It still makes sense to distribute at high voltage where resistive losses in the wires are a smaller issue than they are at lower voltages.…
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Tetris: Big Time
Tetris Tetris was the first Russian game exported to the USA. It is a geometric puzzle matching game where falling clusters of squares can be rotated before they hit the bottom. The aim is to form rows with no gaps. These disappear and the stack drops 1 level. The longer you can keep rows disappearing,…
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Practical Innovation
Innovation Innovation is always a topic of interest to me. This post covers an approach to Innovation that I found helpful and was inspired by Frank Connolly of Think Quick. He is working with SEMMA as part of their Future of Manufacturing project which we are supporting. The first thing that always comes up…
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Technology Voucher Program
Victorian Technology Voucher Program The Victorian Technology Voucher Program came out of the STIUP (Small Technologies Industry Uptake Program) and is one of the most progressive and effective technology development assistance programs in Australia. The main different to the earlier program is that it also allows ICT (Information Communications Technology) platforms to be developed.…