Month: February 2011
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Melbourne’s South East Business Awards 2011
Melbourne’s South East Business Awards Finalists 2011 In Melbourne’s South East Business of the Year Finalists we let you know that we were nominated as finalists for the inaugural Melbourne’s South East Business Awards. Last night we attended the awards and found out the rest of the details. We were selected as finalists…
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Plastic Electronics
Plastic Semiconductors In a previous post on Printed Electronics we looked at new product opportunities that were being created using new fabrication techniques for semiconductors. But advances are also being made that benefit both conventional or new product concepts. In The Plastic Processor we get an insight into how you can make a microprocessor using…
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Printed Electronics
Printed Electronics – A New Roadmap The direction of Printed Electronics has taken an interesting new turn with the focus being no longer only on reducing production cost. Now the electronics industry is looking at product ideas that were previously thought to be impossible. Some examples from The Future Of Printed Electronics shows previously unanticipated…
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PCB Design could be changed forever
Carbon Nanotubes replace Solder Pads Recent breakthroughs in nanotechnology could change the way Printed Circuit Boards, PCBs, are made and this could start happening soon. If you either the Design PCBs or Manufacture PCBs then you will want to keep up with this new technology that uses Nanotape PCB Pads. Here is a picture…
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The First Computer Bug
Computer Bug Number 1 On 9th September 1947, while working on the Harvard University Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator, Grace Murray Hopper was having trouble getting the machine to work correctly. The calculator was a very simple computer using relay logic. Investigations revealed that a moth had become stuck between 2 of the relay points.…