Tech Talk Column

Posties Finding Black Spots. Tech Talk Column 327….

One day I was out on some forest trails on my Mountain Bike and I came across a person lying with his ear pressed against the ground. He was mumbling away. “White 4WD, bull bar, driving lights, NSW registration plates.” I was impressed. “You ca…

Virtual GPS Art. Tech Talk Column 323….

Technology Saving Marriages. Tech Talk Column 322….

Reading the Latest Movies. Tech Talk Column 321….

Apple’s Incremental Innovations. Tech Talk Column 319….

Guess What? Power Poles have Power! Tech Talk Column 318….

Renewable Power and Lollies! Tech Talk Column 317….

Lighting the way to Safety. Tech Talk Column 316….

Flying at Ground Level. Tech Talk Column 315….

Harden Up with Graphene. Tech Talk Column 314….

The Year of the EV? Tech Talk Column 307….

Social Proof and Fake Accounts. Tech Talk Column 306….

Gaming changing our bodies. Tech Talk Column 305….

On 21 April 1949 the first patent application was submitted for one. The creator of the TV series, “I Love Lucy” refined that patent with his own “in-the-lens” version. On 4 January 1954, Dwight Eisenhower was the first President to use one f…

Would you like needles with your wearable? Tech Talk Column 302….

I am impressed with the latest ultra-long-haul flight announcement by Qantas. It may be a reflection of just how the aeronautics industry has progressed in the last 119 years since Orville and Wilbur made their first 260-metre flight that this announ…

“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” This expression has been taken literally by many inventors with over 4,400 mousetrap patents issued by the US Patents office alone. But what about the mouse. Not the cheese-…