Category: Technology
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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…
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IEEE Technology Predictions 2025
IEEE Technology Predictions Each year IEEE put together their technology predictions. This is in addition to the intriguing engineering feats we listed in 2025 is a year of promise. You can get a copy of the full report at 2025 Technology Predictions Report. I’m going to focus on the technology readiness graph on page 18.…
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AI Ethics
AI Ethics Development Prescient Science Fiction author, Isaac Asimov, wrote his 3 laws of Robotics in 1942 as part of a short story “Runaround”. Later they became a core part of the “I Robot” collection of stories. And holding steady to this day. A great example of well thought out logic. The 3 laws are:…
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2025 is a year of promise
2025 stepping up The start of a new year might be an arbitrary moment in time but it instills a sense of things moving forward. There are still plenty of problems to solve and opportunities that come from those solutions and we are choosing to look at 2025 through that lens. So what are the…