December 2016

The second last day of the year seems like a good day to review the tech that we saw this year – but with the ten highest patent lodging companies combining for 36,108 patents amongst them, picking just a few items is tough (so go easy on my if…

Christmas is almost upon us and I know you are still running around looking for those last-minute gifts. Where better to look than the world of technology. I have compiled a few items that will have your inner geek drooling. To start with the future,…

In building my home over seventeen years ago, I had it wired specifically to a home automation standard that Clipsal had designed. It was in the very early days of home automation so the programming of the devices was quite clumsy and the interface l…

Just sit back for a minute and think of the process involved to deliver you the computer sitting on your desk or the phone sitting in your hand (I am assuming you are reading this column in an electronic form of course). As electronics companies grow…

In 1858 the first inter-colony telegraph links were built when Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney were linked together with Brisbane being connected three years later. To emphasise the simplicity of the early networks, the Overland Telegraph Line was mad…