Author: Ray Keefe

  • Satellite Internet

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    Satellite Internet There are many areas of the world where Internet services are not readily accessible. One of the ideas for providing poorly services areas with Internet was Google’s Project Loon which used high altitude balloons.   But there are also Satellite Internet contenders. Theses were nicely covered by recent blogs at CIS 471 and I’ve picked…

  • Doug Engelbart – Invented modern computing

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    Doug Engelbart There are lots of people who have done enormous service to the world through their inventiveness and willingness to share with other. A good example is Dennis Richie who I gave a tribute to in 2011 and who gave us the C Programming Language, one of the most used computing languages even today.…

  • Electronics Design: Prototype

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    What is a Prototype? A Prototype is done in order to explore some aspect of a new opportunity without having to fully commit to it yet. Prototype has a number of potential meanings including:   the original or model on which something is based or formed someone or something that serves to illustrate the typical qualities…

  • Australian Manufacturing PMI Grows in 2017

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    Australian Manufacturing PMI The PMI, or Purchasing Manager’s Index, is a measure of whether a sector is growing or contracting. Growth is above 50 and contraction is below 50. So here is the last 12 months for Australian Manufacturing shown visually.     This is a continuing trend since mid 2015 and a really good…

  • Casey Tech School

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    Tech Schools Project In Schools of the Future I wrote about the Victorian Government Tech School initiative which is intended to augment existing High Schools with a High Technology facility that is a shards asset for the all the schools in the area. The intent is to improve Australia’s digital readiness, STEM adoption and aid schools…