Category: Technology

  • 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…

  • Quantum Amplifiers

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    Quantum Computing One of the areas where there seems great promise, but also great confusion, is the Quantum Computer. I’m not going to try and sort that all out here. You can follow the links to get a better idea of the topic. However there is one aspect that does interest me. In my post…

  • Modern Economies Need Manufacturing

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    Professor Goran Roos As well as being the Thinker in Residence for South Australia, Professor Goran Roos is considered one of the 20 most significant thinkers of the 21st Century. This morning he was presenting his views on Australian Manufacturing to a combined breakfast meeting of the South East Business Network and SEMMA.   So…

  • Australian Synchrotron

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    Australian Synchrotron I went to the open day for the Australian Synchrotron at the Monash Science Park on Sunday. As a member of SEMIP I already knew about the Australian Synchrotron but had never actually visited it. I am very glad I did. On the open day I went to two sessions. The first was…

  • Dennis Ritchie

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    Dennis Ritchie: farewell and thank you With the recent passing of Steve Jobs, the world has had a reason to reflect on the significant impact some people have. Someone who made everything Steve Jobs did possible also passed away recently. On the 12 October 2011, Dennis Ritchie, the father of The C Programming Language, died…