Blog posts from Saint Solder
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While not particularly sympathetic to academic researchers, the Saint is concerned about the Defence Trade Controls Bill. He was also captivated by the life of recently-deceased Stan Ovshinsky.
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The Saint dissects IKEA's LED push...and postulates that future archaeologists, given access to our data records, will deem the early 21st Century the Digital Dark Ages.
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The Saint gives his take on the latest electric vehicle to hit Australia, and links Foxconn's poor results to a bigger economic picture.
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The Saint thinks UNSW's laser air-speed sensor could be Australia's second major contribution to aviation safety; also questions the short range of the Mini MINIs used in the Olympics.
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The Saint injects some reality into spintronics, and takes a closer look at the electric vehicle market.
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In R&D, the government giveth, and it taketh away...and Apple's costly stoush over names.
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The Saint thinks splitting the SKA location is a fudge, and the wireless remote control is the world's most useful invention.
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Logical legislation and a healthy competitive environment, not financial props, are what is needed for the sustainable energy industry.
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The Saint looks at the generation gap as Generation Y continues to innovate, but a Generation X government threatens R&D, and looks at the irony of the value of modern-day dot-com miracles compared…
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The Saint probes the SKA issue, and the sometimes-silly world of technology patents.
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Saint Solder gives his opinion on the Innovate SA termination, and the new Apple iPad launch.
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Australia has the sunshine and the innovation to make solar work, but political and funding problems are hampering the industry's ability to capitalise on renewable energy trends, writes the Saint.
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The first 2012 Short Circuit column sees a not-so-cynical treatment of the prospect of electric vehicle manufacturing in Australia, and a more cynical view of the alleged growth of the electronics…
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The mining boom will only last us so long. Does the recently announced R&D roadmap present a real chance to develop our other industries?
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After his last column, reporting on the failure of Australia to capitalise on its technological prowess, the Saint was heartened this week to see some positive developments.
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In this week's column, The Saint gets on the case of the giant "unAustralian" solar farm, and looks at Apple's environmental woes (or lack thereof).
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In this column, the Saint takes on the issue of the solar industry's demise -- something which has turned into a full-blown political fiasco which is having real impact on a seedling industry.
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The Apple vs Samsung battle is at the forefront of the Saint's mind this week, as he considers the implications for both companies -- and for consumers.
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In this column, the Saint makes some drastic predictions of the demise some big tech companies, and decries the party-pooping evil of "glassless" 3D displays.
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In this week's Short Circuit, the Saint realises the magic of smartphones is about to get a whole lot more practical, and that the bionic people are coming soon.