Category: Technology
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Collaboration: New opportunities depend on it
Collaboration So what is Collaboration? The first thing it is not is convincing someone to work for you for nothing with the vague promise you will make it worth their while in the long run. Let’s look at a few formal definitions: Collaboration is working with each other to do a task and…
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Internet of Things
Internet of Things The Internet of Things or IoT, has been around for a while now as a term. It refers to the ecosystem of smart and connected devices that provide access to remote information and also allow remote control and supervision. There is a lot of technology involved in making this possible and it…
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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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Manufacturers’ Monthly Endeavour Awards Finalists 2014
Manufacturers’ Monthly Endeavour Awards 2014 I recently spotlighted the Endeavour Awards which are held on the first evening of National Manufacturing Week. This is where we celebrate manufacturing success stories each year. What I didn’t mention at the time was that we had entered this year for the first time. The awards are run…
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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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Automation: Rubik’s Cube
Automated Solving of Rubik’s Cube The whole point of Automation is to take something that was manually done, and do it via a machine or mechanism in a controlled manner. With more and more software and intelligence being available to use for any purpose, it isn’t surprising that we are looking at more and more…
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Visualisation: Part 4
Viewpoints matter How does the world look to you? This is often one of the areas where Engineers and Customers can get out of step. And in particular, is a big issue for Software Development and IT systems. Check out the image below. Technical professionals such as Engineers and Software Developers tend to…
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Australian Technical Events 2014
Australian Technical Events and Conferences My thanks go to Paul Daniels of Circuit Challenges and LC Circuits for preparing this list. International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2-6 Feb 2014 Adelaide Web Directions Respond 2014 4-5 Feb 2014 Sydney Electricity Network Regulation, Operation & Maintenance Conference 3-4 Mar 2014 Sydney International…