Jun 7, 2021
The team behind NASA’s InSight Mars lander has come up with an innovative way to boost the spacecraft’s energy at a time when its power levels have been falling. The lander’s robotic arm trickled sand near one solar panel, helping the wind to carry...
Jun 7, 2021
After a steep decline in 2020, global smartphone sales to end users grew 26% in the first quarter of 2021, according to Gartner. Overall worldwide mobile phone sales to end users grew 22% year over year. “The improvement in consumer outlook, sustained learning...
Jun 7, 2021
Cloud Services have become an integral part of business operations for many large companies and in 2020 the industry earned an estimated revenue of over $300-billion globally. According to data presented by TradingPlatforms.com, global public IT cloud services market...
Jun 7, 2021
A comprehensive new report on smart city technology from Berg Insight has identified five key technology areas: smart street lighting, smart parking, smart waste collection, urban air quality monitoring and smart city surveillance. In 2020, the global installed base...
Jun 7, 2021
The International Publishers Association (IPA) is accepting proposals for projects to develop reading culture beyond the classroom in Africa, with grants from the $200 000 Africa Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF) on offer to the best ideas. African publishing leans...
Jun 7, 2021
A team of academics at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Division of Medical Gastroenterology have performed South Africa’s first successful bowel enteroscopy (endoscopy of the small bowel). The procedure was carried out at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH)...
