Author: Ray Keefe

  • Creating Product Specifications

    Creating Product Specifications

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    Requirements Capture versus Product Specification In our post on Requirements Capture I looked at how we can go about understanding what a product has to do, who it has to do it for, and how to assess that. The output of this process is often referred to as a Product Specification or more specifically a…

  • Making Batteries Better

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    Batteries Today There are four separate drivers for current battery technology:   Cost Size and Weight Capacity Recharge rates and cycles   An example of an emerging industry for batteries is electric vehicles. These require high recharge rates, high capacity, high recharge cycles and acceptable weight, size and cost. So the current front runner in…

  • Coolest Tech and Top Manufacturers in Australia

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    Coolest Tech Companies in Australia Smart Company have revealed the Top 10 Coolest Tech Companies in Australia for 2015. At the top of the list is Canva.   And the rest of the list is also mostly digital companies. Quite a difference to the next list which is for making physical stuff. That thing called…

  • Where Do Good Ideas Come From

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    Good Ideas This is a core problem in the Innovation Space. How to have a Good Idea?   Steven Johnson has covered this topic in an entertaining and informative TED Talk titled,   “Where Do Good Ideas Come From“?   Enjoy. At least one aspect presented was a surprise to me.   And then, having…

  • Jet Pack Comes of Age

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    Jet Packs The history of the Jet Pack goes back to the 1920s and there have been working versions since the 1960s. But there have always been a combination of severe technical restrictions and safety concerns. The 1920s ideal of us all commuting via Jet Packs is not going to happen any time soon. And…