Category: Engineering & Technology

  • Space: The Final Frontier

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    OK, I couldn’t resist the title. But you will see why below.   This post was inspired by Romanian teenager Raul Oaida who engaged the help of Melbourne entrepreneur Steve Sammatino to put together a space project. Their motivation was to remind us all that we can now do many things because we want to,…

  • Big Data

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    Big Data You have probably heard the term Big Data by now. I certainly mentioned it in passing in my post on Information Overload. So I was amused to receive the final edition of IEEE Computing in Science & Engineering for 2011 with Big Data as the topic.   I learned a few more things…

  • Engineering Data Visualisation

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    Engineering Data In Data Visualisation I looked at the general concept of using a Visualisation Method to make the meaning of data more apparent and gave two examples. In this post I look at how we use this is our own business creating new Electronics Products.   Engineering Data is the information used by Engineers…

  • Data Visualisation

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    Seeing Information My previous post on Information Overload identified the problem we have with handling all the data that is being created in our modern Information Age world. This post has 2 simple examples of the power of information and how it can be more easily understood using Data Visualisation techniques.   I recently received…

  • Information Overload

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    How Much Data? According to IBM, 90% of the data created in the history of the world, was created in the past 2 years. The article was looking at Social Media Information but the claim was generic. Talk about Information Overload. How do we keep up with this?   There are sceptics that believe this…