Do you remember the last global financial crisis (GFC)?
It was a lot like the current one but it had more of a flavour of hamburger than souvlaki.
The Europeans are now trying to navigate a way through the choppy wate...
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"Dont Worry, be APP'y" - A Review of Materials Related APP's
Unless you've been hiding in a cave for the last few months (Tiger and Osama you're excused), it has been almost impossible to avoid the hysteria surrounding...
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During the middle ages, or the 1980's to tech savvy Gen Y's, I had a working relationship with what can only be described as an archetypal British engineering machine shop.
Employing around 15 staff, its main func...
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Following my earlier thoughts on the Australian approach to National Nanotech development, I was subsequently accosted at ICONN 2010 by Government representatives who wished to speak to me about my comments regarding the...
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Always interesting to see how Governments try to support their developing technologies.
A recent announcement from Senator Kim Carr the Australian Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research heralds the prov...
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For many years I have been a frequent visitor to the lexicon of Management Jargon and an all too frequent victor in the game of BullPoo bingo.
I have "synergised", "focused on core competencies", "thought out of the box...
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What better way to mark the start of a new decade than the official
opening of the world's tallest building in Dubai. Originally
slated to be the Burj Dubai, but changed at the last minute to be t...
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'Tis the season to be jolly, with goodwill to all men', to look back, reflect and look forward to what's coming over the hill.
We've trawled through the AZoM archives for the last 12 months to divine the major themes ...
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When recently asked by a fellow member of the mid-life crisis club if I had a problem with my kids blasting out rap music, I indicated that for me, listening to rap music was up there with leisure pursuits such as "sno...
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It's no doubt one of the great joys of being a royal is that you can have a rant about any subject and your loyal subjects and their less loyal press barons are duty bound to at least give you a hearing.
Prince Charle...
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