Category: Innovation
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Schools of the Future
Schools Today The modern school as we know it was designed to provide workers for the expanding paradigm of the Industrial Revolution. That is, the first Industrial Revolution. We are now up to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0. So how well are we doing three Industrial Revolutions later? First…
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GPS to 10cm
GPS History GPS started with Sputnik. This was covered really well by Steven Johnson in his book on “Where Good Ideas Come From“. Here is a summary. The basic plot is easy to understand. Smart people work out how to use existing stuff to do extraordinary things with it. While he starts with English…
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Wearables – A History
Wearables started when? The buzz technology of the past 18 months has been Wearables which is short for Wearable Technology. So when exactly did Wearable Technology begin? Like most overnight successes, it started a long time ago. Below is an infographic from http://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-history-of-wearable-technology/ that is an excellent overview of the topic, with some notable exceptions…
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CEDA – Meeting the Innovation Challenge
CEDA and Australia’s Innovation Challenge CEDA, or the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, run regular industry sessions to discuss topics of national economic importance. The latest was a lunchtime session covering the benefits of Innovation and also some of the challenges we need to overcome to take advantage of Innovation in Australia. …
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Trajan – Innovation In Action
Innovation In Australia I had the opportunity to take part in an Innovation session run at Trajan Scientific and Medical. This covered both the Innovation philosophy they operate under and also included a site tour and explanation of the practical aspects of building highly collaborative relationships. Disruptive trends Autodesk presented a session on trends at…