Author: Ray Keefe

  • Halocell – Australian Photovoltaics Just Got Better

    Halocell and Photovoltaics Photovoltaics is quite a mouthful. But you already know them as Solar Panels and Solar Cells. But I deliberately went away from using those terms because of what it immediately conjures to mind. In practice, Photovoltaic = anything that takes Light (photons) and turns that into a…

  • Fixing WiFi’s biggest weaknesses

    So what is wrong with WiFi? WiFi has been a brilliant success story. CSIRO invention, near ubiquitous uptake for commercial and private use and a daily part of our lives. But it does have some drawbacks: high power consumption for battery based systems range, especially with walls or trees in…

  • Electronex 2025

    Electronex 2025 In the spirit of Make Stuff Here, Australia’s Electronics Manufacturing Tradeshow, Electronex, is on again from 7 – 8 May 2025. It is running alongside Australian Manufacturing Week which is also in the spirit of Make Stuff Here. Attendance is free for both trade shows but you should…

  • Make Stuff Here

    Make Stuff Here – a call to arms for Australian Manufacturing Steven Camilleri, co-founder of SPEE3D, has put together a compelling case for us to rediscover local value creation and in particular high value manufactured products which we export. And outlined why this is in our best interest. Right now,…

  • Australian Manufacturing Recovery Continues 2025

    February 2025 Australian Manufacturing Grows It is official. Australian Manufacturing is back in growth with the best results since November 2022. This information comes from the Australia S&P Global Manufacturing PMI and we get notified when the results come out because we contribute to the survey. This continues on from…

  • Australian PMI recovering 2025

    Australian Manufacturing PMI The Australian PMI, or Australian Purchasing Managers Index, measures whether a specific part of the economy is growing or contracting. Since Australian Manufacturing is something I care about, Successful Endeavours is one of the businesses participating in the monthly survey for the manufacturing sector of the economy…

  • IEEE Technology Predictions 2025

    IEEE Technology Predictions Each year IEEE put together their technology predictions. This is in addition to the intriguing engineering feats we listed in 2025 is a year of promise. You can get a copy of the full report at 2025 Technology Predictions Report. I’m going to focus on the technology…

  • Electronics Design Audits

    Electronics Design Audits As well as designing electronics products so they can be Made in Australia, Successful Endeavours also gets called on to make sure an already designed and manufactured product is done to the correct Safety and Compliance standards for Australia. When doing a design audit, we apply the…

  • AI Ethics

    AI Ethics Development Prescient Science Fiction author,  Isaac Asimov, wrote his 3 laws of Robotics in 1942 as part of a short story “Runaround”. Later they became a core part of the “I Robot” collection of stories. And holding steady to this day. A great example of well thought out…

  • 2025 is a year of promise

    2025 stepping up The start of a new year might be an arbitrary moment in time but it instills a sense of things moving forward. There are still plenty of problems to solve and opportunities that come from those solutions and we are choosing to look at 2025 through that…