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Australian Manufacturing Jobs
Australian Manufacturing Jobs In some recent conversations it became clear to me that most people I talk to in Australia don’t understand both how large the Australian Manufacturing sector is or how critical manufacturing is to Australian Employment and Australian… Continue reading
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Big Data
Big Data You have probably heard the term Big Data by now. I certainly mentioned it in passing in my post on Information Overload. So I was amused to receive the final edition of IEEE Computing in Science & Engineering… Continue reading
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Engineering Data Visualisation
Engineering Data In Data Visualisation I looked at the general concept of using a Visualisation Method to make the meaning of data more apparent and gave two examples. In this post I look at how we use this is our… Continue reading
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Data Visualisation
Seeing Information My previous post on Information Overload identified the problem we have with handling all the data that is being created in our modern Information Age world. This post has 2 simple examples of the power of information and… Continue reading
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Information Overload
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… Continue reading
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Engineering Humour: Part 2
Technology Humour This is a follow on from Some Engineering Humour which you are likely to also enjoy. For this post I have tried to find videos that show some aspect of the use of technology that also has a… Continue reading
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Prototypes Blunt Innovation
Prototyping Prototypes are very useful. We use them all the time when developing new products. They let us try out new ideas explore how well a particular technology will work for a specific application. One danger of a prototype,… Continue reading
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Quantum Amplifiers
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… Continue reading