May 14, 2018
The results of a study on winter orographic cloud seeding by Water Analytical Services (WAS) and Weather Modification International (WMI) offer insights into rainfall and water resource availability in the Western Cape for the upcoming winter season. WAS, a cloud...
May 11, 2018
South Africa’s retail sector is well-developed compared to the rest of the continent, and still has the edge over international competitors when it comes to expansion into Africa. The Euromonitor International report, “Shifting Market Frontiers: Africa...
May 10, 2018
Though close to home, the space immediately around Earth is full of hidden secrets and invisible processes. In a new discovery reported in the journal Nature, scientists working with NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft — MMS — have uncovered...
May 9, 2018
Uber hopes to have flying cars operating as soon as 2020. The company yesterday revealed its flying car prototype, capable of vertical takeoff and landing and able to fly between 1 000 and 2 000 feet above the ground. Although the vehicles are loosely based on...
May 8, 2018
Kathy Gibson is at the Deloitte Tech Trends launch – Digital disruption is not going away for at least the next 15 years – and organisations need to gear up to ensure they take advantage of new technologies. “Even if you are not engaging with it,...
May 7, 2018
FNB has launched a mini-ATM that uses biometrics as a means of consumer validation, a move the bank believes is a first for South Africa. The TouchPoint device functions as a self-service kiosk from which customers can conduct transactional banking such as...
