Category: Technology
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Solar Cell Efficiency
Solar Cells The primary Solar Cell material is silicon. It converts photons into electricity and the more efficient panels have a multi-layered construction. But it isn’t only the construction that affects the efficiency. There are other factors such as: Angle of Incidence of the incoming light Photon Density in the silicon reflections shading These can…
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Mechanical Computer
Computer Programming In a previous post I referred to Ada Lovelace who has been recognised as the First Computer Programmer and an inspiration to legends such as Alan Turing. However most of her programs never ran on anything. The technology to do it didn’t exist and was too hard and too expensive to make at…
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First Computer Programmer
Computer Programming When we think of Computer Programming, we are generally thinking of electronic based computing engines with code running out of some form of electronic memory and typed in using some form of keyboard. Even punch cards partially fit this paradigm. And they seem ancient now. So would it surprise you to know that…
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Wireless Power
Wireless Power Is Coming In a very real sense it is already here in part. Wireless Charging is becoming mainstream. But seriously powering a device wirelessly has been a difficult challenge and there are many who think it will never be effective unless done at power levels that would be unsafe. So it was with…
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Mains Power Plugs
Mains Power Plugs These days, more than ever before, many of the new consumer products developed have to run from batteries. But there are still an enormous number of products that run from mains power, including the battery chargers needed for all those battery powered products. If you are targeting the world market, the issue…
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Data Storage Durability
Data Storage History The storage medium for data has become increasingly sophisticated over time both speeding up the writing and reading of data and increasing the density of data that is stored so that we can now store on a single device the size of my thumb all the knowledge that existed in the world…
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Technology Creates The Future
How to change the world To make a significant difference in our world, you either have to do something outstanding or have a lot of influence. Or both. And it will need many people to contribute over the course of the project. So I keep an eye on some of the forums that help…
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Visualisation: Part 2
The Client Perspective What you see depends on which direction you are looking from. If you count from the top, there are 10 bars. But there are only 7 bars when you count from the bottom. In this case it is an optical illusion based on how the drawing is constructed. However in real…
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SEMIP Innovation Showcase 2013
The SEMIP Innovation Showcase 2013 was a very useful look at the future of technology commercialisation in Australia, including some of the roadblocks and an excellent example of overseas success.