Category: Technology
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Australian Technical Events 2014
Australian Technical Events and Conferences My thanks go to Paul Daniels of Circuit Challenges and LC Circuits for preparing this list. International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2-6 Feb 2014 Adelaide Web Directions Respond 2014 4-5 Feb 2014 Sydney Electricity Network Regulation, Operation & Maintenance Conference 3-4 Mar 2014 Sydney International…
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Solar Cell Efficiency
Solar Cells The primary Solar Cell material is silicon. It converts photons into electricity and the more efficient panels have a multi-layered construction. But it isn’t only the construction that affects the efficiency. There are other factors such as: Angle of Incidence of the incoming light Photon Density in the silicon reflections shading These can…
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Mechanical Computer
Computer Programming In a previous post I referred to Ada Lovelace who has been recognised as the First Computer Programmer and an inspiration to legends such as Alan Turing. However most of her programs never ran on anything. The technology to do it didn’t exist and was too hard and too expensive to make at…
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First Computer Programmer
Computer Programming When we think of Computer Programming, we are generally thinking of electronic based computing engines with code running out of some form of electronic memory and typed in using some form of keyboard. Even punch cards partially fit this paradigm. And they seem ancient now. So would it surprise you to know that…
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Wireless Power
Wireless Power Is Coming In a very real sense it is already here in part. Wireless Charging is becoming mainstream. But seriously powering a device wirelessly has been a difficult challenge and there are many who think it will never be effective unless done at power levels that would be unsafe. So it was with…