Author: Ray Keefe

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • Paper Electronics

    Paper Electronics Devices Recent breakthroughs at Harvard Labs have led to the creation of a paper based accelerometer that matches the sensitivity of silicon based MEMS accelerometers so common in air bags and the Nintendo Wii system. The full article can be read on the IEEE website at Paper Accelerometer…

  • Alternative Energy Manufacturing Opportunities in Australia

    This post is a summary of an article I wrote for the  AMTIL Australian Manufacturing Technology magazine.   And here is a picture taken of a Solar Systems concentrated Solar Power Dish. We were involved in software upgrades to the dish controller. It produced 114KWhr of power on an August…

  • Melbournes South East Business of the Year Finalists

    It is only a month into 2011 Calendar Year and we are very excited to announce that Successful Endeavours are finalists for Melbourne’s South East Business Of The Year. We are also finalists for Small Business Of The Year.   The entry into this award came as a result of…

  • Victorian Engineering Entrepreneur reveals Business Success Strategy

    Victorian Engineer thanks Sydney Business Mentor Today’s post is a thank you to Dr Marc Dussault and his team at Exponential Programs in Sydney. We have been been part of the Business Mastery Platinum Program and many of the results you see are because of that. Marc has not tried…

  • Electronics Design the Next Generation

    Electronics Design Electronics Design is a very challenging area where reducing Time to Market, increasing Engineering Effort, constantly improving technology, tooling lead time and Agile Software Development methodologies all lead to rapidly changing requirements while the project delivery time frame remains immutable. Fortunately Electronics Engineers are up for a challenge.…

  • Casey Business Magazine features Successful Endeavours

    The most recent edition of Casey inBusiness Magazine featured Successful Endeavours on the front cover. It is not often you make it onto the front cover of a magazine so that is pretty exciting for us.   We are also very appreciative of the support we have had from the…