Intel drones help to preserve China’s Great Wall

Intel drones help to preserve China’s Great Wall

Intel and the China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation have created a partnership to protect and restore the Great Wall of China. “Using drones, we are able to inspect multiple aspects of the structure including areas that are quite...
InSight flight to Mars set for 5 May

InSight flight to Mars set for 5 May

This week (5 May), NASA will launch its InSight spacecraft on a flight to Mars. InSight will be the first mission to peer deep beneath the Martian surface, studying the planet’s interior by measuring its heat output and listening for marsquakes, which are...
How to manage ‘Generation Why’ workers

How to manage ‘Generation Why’ workers

Millennials want to work on their own terms, prefer open-ended leadership giving them agency, are more likely to leave a job for a better opportunity elsewhere, and are strongly driven by compensation. These are among the findings from Green House Data’s...
Surge in consumer confidence reflects #Ramaprogress

Surge in consumer confidence reflects #Ramaprogress

The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) reports South African consumer confidence rebounded during the first quarter of 2018. In fact, sentiment jumped to the highest on record during the period. The improvement between 2017 Q4 and 2018 Q1 was also the largest on...
What’s wrong with the ECA Bill?

What’s wrong with the ECA Bill?

By Kathy Gibson – The proposed Electronic Communications Amendment (ECA) Bill has come under fire from almost all the parties it will affect, and will likely embroil the industry in years of litigation if it is passed into law. Free Market Foundation (FMF)...
Up close to Saturn’s rings

Up close to Saturn’s rings

Saturn’s rings display their subtle colours in a view captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The particles that make up the rings range in size from smaller than a grain of sand to as large as mountains, and are mostly made of water ice. The exact nature...