Nov 1, 2018
NASA is advancing technology that could use large amounts of nanoscale materials to launch lighter rockets and spacecraft than ever before. The Super-lightweight Aerospace Composites (SAC) project seeks to scale up the manufacturing and use of high-strength carbon...
Oct 31, 2018
In a move destined to shake up the local IT channel, Partner Tech Corporation – a subsidiary of $25-billion conglomerate and Taiwanese-listed Qisda Group – has bought specialist ICT Distributor Corex. Although financial details of the transaction have not...
Oct 30, 2018
Kathy Gibson is at the Deloitte Risk Conference in Sandton – Businesses face a wide range of external risks and leaders must not only be aware of them, but ensure there are processes in place to mitigate them. That is the word from Kuseni Dlamini, chairman of...
Oct 29, 2018
Organisations around the world recognise the need to digitally transform their operations, but the rate at which they are doing so is still slow. In fact, only 40% of companies are using digital transformation, says Ian Jansen van Rensburg, evangelist and chief...
Oct 26, 2018
Most CEOs recognise that AI will be critical to their business, but few enterprises have actually undertaken AI initiatives. A recent Gartner CIO survey found only 4% of respondents had deployed AI in their organisations. In 2018, cars are commonplace, but it took 250...
Oct 25, 2018
The world’s first bio-brick grown from human urine signals an innovative paradigm shift in waste recovery. The brick is the brainchild of University of Cape Town (UCT) master’s student in civil engineering Suzanne Lambert. Dr Dyllon Randall,...
