Oct 7, 2016
By Kathy Gibson This week’s FNB Codefest saw 48 teams from various group companies battle it out in a 48-hour hackathon, to be one of the 10 to face a “Dragons’ Den” of business and technology judges. The Codefest event gives the banking...
Oct 6, 2016
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded for the development of the world’s smallest machines, including tiny lift, artificial muscles and miniscule motors. Jean-Pierre Sauvage, University of Strasbourg, France, Sir J Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern...
Oct 5, 2016
Millennials can’t live without their smartphones, but this doesn’t mean they are ditching other devices. These are among the findings of MFour’s Millennial Insights Project, examining millennials’ views on technology and lifestyle, with a focus...
Oct 4, 2016
Connected car production is growing rapidly in both mature and emerging automobile markets. According to the latest forecast by Gartner, the production of new automobiles equipped with data connectivity, either through a built-in communications module or by a tether...
Oct 3, 2016
A new series of photographs show how quickly Africa is modernising, growing and even leading the way in new technology. Logistics provider Agility has announced the winners of the Africa 2016 Photo Competition, which this year drew more than 2 500 photographs from...
Sep 30, 2016
Teams from South Africa, The Netherlands, Japan and Hungary are within 500km of breaking the record for the longest distance covered in a solar car. The 4 630km record for the Sasol Solar Challenge was set in 2012 by Japanese team Tokai, and hasn’t been broken...
