Category: Technology
2026 Tech Predictions
2026 Technology Predictions Each year IEEE Spectrum publish their technology predictions for the year. You don’t have to be an IEEE member but you do need to register to freely access the content. If you aren’t familiar with IEEE it is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the largest professional society in the…
Australia the Confused Country
This is a LinkedIn article reproduced with permission of the Author, Elliot Duff. Published 23 August 2024. Independent Robotics Research Consultant | Innovation Historian For those who prefer audio here is an AI generate podcast of this article. Note from Ray, the AI audio playback has done a pretty good job of picking…
Monash Precinct
Monash Precinct Right on our door step is a very significant science, research, technology and jobs precinct. It is the largest jobs hub outside the CBD and home to the highest capability science facilities in the Southern Hemisphere. Here is a short list of the facilities you can take advantage of within the Monash Technology…
Better Product Development Process
Made in Australia Electronics: How to compete This will be no surprise to anyone who has heard me speak on this topic. You can’t compete with low cost economies on raw transactional cost if they have access to the same components and production automation you do. And my design team can do an excellent job…
Halocell – Australian Photovoltaics Just Got Better
Halocell and Photovoltaics Photovoltaics is quite a mouthful. But you already know them as Solar Panels and Solar Cells. But I deliberately went away from using those terms because of what it immediately conjures to mind. In practice, Photovoltaic = anything that takes Light (photons) and turns that into a Voltage. I was very pleased…
Fixing WiFi’s biggest weaknesses
So what is wrong with WiFi? WiFi has been a brilliant success story. CSIRO invention, near ubiquitous uptake for commercial and private use and a daily part of our lives. But it does have some drawbacks: high power consumption for battery based systems range, especially with walls or trees in the way increasing numbers of…
IEEE Technology Predictions 2025
IEEE Technology Predictions Each year IEEE put together their technology predictions. This is in addition to the intriguing engineering feats we listed in 2025 is a year of promise. You can get a copy of the full report at 2025 Technology Predictions Report. I’m going to focus on the technology readiness graph on page 18.…
AI Ethics
AI Ethics Development Prescient Science Fiction author, Isaac Asimov, wrote his 3 laws of Robotics in 1942 as part of a short story “Runaround”. Later they became a core part of the “I Robot” collection of stories. And holding steady to this day. A great example of well thought out logic. The 3 laws are:…
2025 is a year of promise
2025 stepping up The start of a new year might be an arbitrary moment in time but it instills a sense of things moving forward. There are still plenty of problems to solve and opportunities that come from those solutions and we are choosing to look at 2025 through that lens. So what are the…
Top Programming Languages 2024
Top Programming Languages 2024 Another year and another revue of what programmers are using. This IEEE poll has shown us what The Top Programming Languages 2024 are. Job tip – learn Python! And the clear winner is Python which is now way ahead of everything else. But there is also a large shift from 2022…