Author: Ray Keefe

  • Top Programming Languages 2022

    Top Programming Languages 2022 IEEE regularly does a survey to review the most used computer programming languages. This year they also looked at the trends and what was being requested in job advertisements. Of real interest is that Python and all the various C like languages totally dominate the landscape…

  • Australian Manufacturing Week 2022

    Australian Manufacturing Week It has been a long two years with the pandemic causing many events to be postponed. So we are very excited to be exhibiting at Australian Manufacturing Week 2022. This follows on from an extremely successful Electronex 2022. Registration is free and we are at stand MP35…

  • Electronex 2022 Sydney

    Electronex 2022 in Sydney Finally, we are getting to a trade show. This is the Electronex 2020 trade show finally going ahead at Rosehill Gardens Function Centre in Sydney. We are exhibiting at stand B29 so if you are able to we would love to catch up in person. It…

  • Rapid Antigen Test Manufacturing in Australia

    Rapid Antigen Tests Made in Australia The COVID-19 has been very disruptive and now that vaccination rates are higher it is now mostly about managing our way forward. Testing is still a key strategy and Australia has led the way in Rapid Antigen Testing. Unfortunately the federal governments has been…

  • Australian Manufacturing Grows Strongly in 2021

    Australian Manufacturing Still Going Strong While we are still working out what the new normal is going to look like as we come to grips with COVID-19 and coming out of lockdown, there has been some good news. Australian Manufacturing has been growing since 2016 and 2021 has seen some…

  • Saving our planet 2021

    Saving our Planet! OK, I admit it. That is a big title. But also a big topic. So what do I mean? Australia was recently named the country lagging behind every other country in the world for climate action. In a review of the 193 United Nations countries, Australia was…

  • Good Design Australia Awards 2021

    Good Design Awards Australia 2021 We are pleased to announce that the  Infalurt child safety monitoring system has been selected as a finalist in the Good Design Australia Awards 2021. The Infalurt Child Safety System for automotive vehicles monitors and alerts you if you leave a child in a vehicle.…

  • Attracting and Retaining Engineers

    This post was written by Juliana Queiroz, engineer and founder of What Engineers Want, a consulting company that helps manufacturers and engineering firms to unlock their engineers’ full potential towards excellence and innovation. Overcoming labour and skill shortages Businesses stand or fall on the quality of their people – don’t…

  • IoT Security Awareness

    IoT Security Awareness Guide for Australia The IoT Alliance Australia, IoTAA for short, is working to bring standards and performance to IoT in Australia. We contribute to the Manufacturing Working Group and industry events they run.   The Internet of Things Security Awareness Guide is one of the most significant…

  • Product Development Case Study

    Startup strategy This is a classic startup tale where a small team do incredibly good work to get an idea into a demonstrable form and then build a team who can complete the package. A Melbourne based business came to us with a mechanical prototype operated using three Arduino modules…