Author: Ray Keefe
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Drones
Drones – a background Drones is hot technology as well as a political and social topic. But we have a lot to work out yet. Other form of transportation have been legislated for a long time and radio remote controlled planes and helicopters too. But Drones opens up a whole new set of issues not yet covered.…
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Supercapacitors Improve
Supercapacitors Supercapacitors are based on regular capacitors with very high energy storage and which can transfer that energy very rapidly. This means you can get rapid energy delivery and also rapid charging. This makes them the ideal complement to batteries which can store much larger amounts of energy but which cannot be charged as rapidly and…
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Wireless Power at CES 2016
Wireless Power Wireless Power is one of the big topics for future electronics power. Cota is one of the players but there are plenty more wanting to be part of this emerging technology area. The main issue is not just charging devices in cradles, but charging them wherever they are. Even moving. So how…
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IoT in 2016
Internet of Things 2016 This is the year that the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to become the single biggest category for connected consumer electronics products. This was covered in more detail in our post on The Internet of Things drives economic growth. But what about other sectors like Infrastructure? In the Pace Zenith…
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Australian Technical Events 2016
2016 Australian Technical Events My thanks go to Paul Daniels of Circuit Challenges and LC Circuits for preparing most of this list and to Joseph Madeley of IDC Technologies for details on their events. International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation 18-19 Jan 2016 Brisbane LINUX Conference 1-5 Feb 2016 Geelong Interactive Entertainment Conference 2-5 Feb 2016…