Category: Technology
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IoT in 2016
Internet of Things 2016 This is the year that the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to become the single biggest category for connected consumer electronics products. This was covered in more detail in our post on The Internet of Things drives economic growth. But what about other sectors like Infrastructure? In the Pace Zenith…
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Australian Technical Events 2016
2016 Australian Technical Events My thanks go to Paul Daniels of Circuit Challenges and LC Circuits for preparing most of this list and to Joseph Madeley of IDC Technologies for details on their events. International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation 18-19 Jan 2016 Brisbane LINUX Conference 1-5 Feb 2016 Geelong Interactive Entertainment Conference 2-5 Feb 2016…
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Creating Product Specifications
Requirements Capture versus Product Specification In our post on Requirements Capture I looked at how we can go about understanding what a product has to do, who it has to do it for, and how to assess that. The output of this process is often referred to as a Product Specification or more specifically a…
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Making Batteries Better
Batteries Today There are four separate drivers for current battery technology: Cost Size and Weight Capacity Recharge rates and cycles An example of an emerging industry for batteries is electric vehicles. These require high recharge rates, high capacity, high recharge cycles and acceptable weight, size and cost. So the current front runner in…
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Coolest Tech and Top Manufacturers in Australia
Coolest Tech Companies in Australia Smart Company have revealed the Top 10 Coolest Tech Companies in Australia for 2015. At the top of the list is Canva. And the rest of the list is also mostly digital companies. Quite a difference to the next list which is for making physical stuff. That thing called…
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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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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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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…