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• Collaboration: New opportunities depend on it

  Jun 16, 2014

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  Ray Keefe

  in Business, Collaboration, Made in Australia, Product Development, Technology

  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…

• iAwards 2014

  Jun 9, 2014

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  Ray Keefe

  in Business Awards, Electronics Awards, Electronics Products, Embedded Software, Green Electronics, Innovation, Technology

  iAwards The iAwards are an annual celebration of Innovation in driving economic growth in Victoria. This year we were pleased to see one of our clients, Rectifier Technologies Pacific, nominate for an award. They were encouraged to do so and…

• Manufacturers’ Monthly Endeavour Awards 2014 Winners Announced

  May 14, 2014

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  Ray Keefe

  in Business Awards, Electronics Awards, Electronics Manufacture, News

  Manufacturers’ Monthly Endeavour Awards 2014 Last night we attended the Manufacturers’ Monthly Endeavour Awards gala dinner at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney as finalists in the Technology application of the Year category.   We didn’t win this year but we…

• Internet of Things

  May 9, 2014

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  Ray Keefe

  in Technology

  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…

• Electronics Design: Technology Selection

  May 2, 2014

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  Ray Keefe

  in Analog Electronics, Electronics Design, Embedded Software, Engineers, Product Development, Technology

  Technology Selection Before we look at how to choose a Technology, what does Technology mean? In very general terms, Technology is understanding how stuff works and how to get it to do what you want. There is lots of different…

• Electronics Design: Requirements Capture

  Apr 28, 2014

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Design, Engineers, Product Development

  Requirements Capture Product Development is the core process your use when you have a great idea for a new product, or an improved version of an existing one. The very first step is to define what it is meant to…

• Electronics Design: Process

  Apr 22, 2014

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Design, Engineers, PCB Design

  Electronics Design The Electronics Design Process involves a number of steps. Unless what you are doing is a minor tweak to an existing product, you will use these steps. Over the next few weeks I will unpack what is involved…

• Electricity Grid 2.0

  Apr 15, 2014

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Design, Green Electronics, High Voltage, Innovation, Technology

  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…

• Manufacturers’ Monthly Endeavour Awards Finalists 2014

  Apr 7, 2014

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  Ray Keefe

  in Business, Business Awards, Electronics Manufacture, Made in Australia, News, Technology

  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…

• Tetris: Big Time

  Apr 7, 2014

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  by

  Ray Keefe

  in Innovation, Technology

  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.…