Category: Engineering & Technology
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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 reluctant to invest in practical…
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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 ranked country 193. If you…
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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 you agree? If we cannot…
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Smart Homes
What is a Smart Home? This is another of those highly used terms that seems to mean different things to different people. I thought it would be useful to look at the history of the Smart Home and where it might be headed. The common elements of a Smart Home today are: Home Automation, especially…
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Glass Battery Improves Over Time
Glass Battery Construction A big issue with batteries is that they deteriorate. So loss of battery capacity over time is generally accepted. When there are claims that a battery can improve its capacity over time, there is a great deal of skepticism. The claims come from a laboratory that belongs to one of the most…