Category: Engineering & Technology
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2026 Tech Predictions
2026 Technology Predictions Each year IEEE Spectrum publish their technology predictions for the year. You don’t have to be an IEEE member but you do need to register to freely access the content. If you aren’t familiar with IEEE it is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the largest professional society in the…
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Ray Keefe: IEEE Senior Life Member
IEEE Senior Life Member I recently received a letter from IEEE informing me that I had been awarded an IEEE Life Senior Member in recognition of my many years of loyal membership and support of activities of IEEE. And included this certificate. This was not something I was expecting and so a very nice surprise.…
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Podcast with an Engineer
Ray Keefe on Australia’s Advanced Manufacturing Edge Rick Merten of InsideOut Group has an Engineering Success podcast series.We did an interview together and the results were amazing. One of the best one-on-one interviews I’ve ever had. You Can’t Design a Solution to a Problem You Don’t Understand: Ray Keefe, Successful Endeavours. Why we need electronics…
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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 Voltage. I was very pleased…
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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 the way increasing numbers of…