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From the editor's desk: No more Moore?
7 September 2016, Technews Publishing
Gordon Moore’s famous predictions on the advancement of semiconductor technology have proved surprisingly resilient, but now most industry experts agree that Moore’s law has just about run its course.

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Search is on for SA schools to take F1 challenge to the world
7 September 2016, Editor's Choice
The aim is for learners between the ages of 11 and 19 to design, manufacture and race their own miniature Formula One cars.

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SA’s first photonics prototyping facility hosted at CSIR
7 September 2016, Editor's Choice, Opto-Electronics
Established through support from the Department of Science and Technology and in partnership with the Innovation Hub, the facility’s remit is the industrialisation and commercialisation of photonics-based technologies.

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KZN student takes second place in international design competition
7 September 2016, Dizzy Enterprises
Thershen Govender, a student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, earned himself a cheque for $500 after winning second place in an international electronics design competition run by UK-based Labcenter ...

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Win an MPLAB Xpress evaluation board
7 September 2016
Dataweek is giving readers the chance to win one of three MPLAB Xpress evaluation boards from Microchip. The new board (DM164140) features an integrated programmer, a PIC16F18855 MCU (microcontroller) ...

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EBV is geared up for the connected car revolution
7 September 2016, EBV Electrolink
The disciplines of sensor technology, data preparation and data processing, data output, actuator engineering, connectivity and IT security come together in the Internet of Things (IoT), to which the ...

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New president illuminates IESSA’s future
10 August 2016, Editor's Choice
In addition to supporting the practical implementation of internationally recognised lighting practices, the association represents South Africa by serving as the national committee of the International Commission on Illumination.

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UJ electric vehicle finishes strong in London
10 August 2016
Developed by a team consisting of eight engineering students, accompanied by a team mentor and mechanical engineer, the vehicle achieved a best racing result of 309 km/kWh.

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Speed record attempt to be live streamed by locally made antenna
10 August 2016, Inteto Connect
The world’s fastest car will be heading to South Africa in October 2017 for its first high-speed run, which means that it is all systems go for the Bloodhound SSC project team at Poynting Antennas. The ...

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IPC launches online learning platform
10 August 2016
IPC has launched a new learning management system, IPC Edge. This online learning platform is designed to deliver the education needed to acquire and develop the competitive skills necessary to excel ...

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Win a Microchip PICDEM Lab II
10 August 2016
Microchip is giving Dataweek readers the chance to win a PICDEM Lab II development board (DM163046), a development and teaching platform for use with 8-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs). A large prototyping ...

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Yamaha appoints Transformation Technology in SA
10 August 2016
Yamaha Motor IM Europe has appointed Transformation Technology as its agent in southern Africa, enabling local customers to benefit from a Yamaha regional representative, access to Yamaha’s full portfolio ...

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Breakthrough towards carbon nanotubes succeeding silicon
10 August 2016, Editor's Choice, Electronics Technology
Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a method for growing carbon nanotubes that could lead to the day when molecular electronics replace the ubiquitous silicon chip ...

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From the Editor's desk: Resistance is futile
10 August 2016, Technews Publishing
The 4th Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0, call it what you will. Even allowing for a healthy dose of cynicism against the inevitable marketing hype, the inescapable truth is that we are on the cusp ...

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Electronics expo completes first lap of Kyalami
13 July 2016
The electronics engineering community came together for its annual exhibition on the 22nd and 23rd of June, under a new guise and at a new venue.

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Innovation centre opened by GE in Jo’burg
13 July 2016, Editor's Choice
GE, one of the world’s biggest digital industrial companies, has invested R500 million in a 2700 m² innovation centre in Johannesburg – the first of its kind in Africa.

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Growth both big and small at Microtronix
13 July 2016, Microtronix Manufacturing, Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services
CEO Mike Goodyer updates the industry on what the company has been up to, what challenges it is facing, and what its future has in store.

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Africa’s fastest computer built at CSIR
13 July 2016
With over 40 000 cores, the new machine is the fastest computer in Africa owing to its speed of roughly 1 petaflop (1000 teraflops).

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From the editor's desk: Split decisions
13 July 2016, Technews Publishing
The 18th of April 1930 (Good Friday, as it happened) is a day that will forever live in infamy at the BBC. The evening news bulletin on BBC Radio that day was short, succinct and typically Anglo-centric: ...

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An analysis of SET PhD graduates, in black and white
13 July 2016
According to the latest annual SET (science, engineering and technology) Indicators publication, released by the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI), the number of SET doctoral degrees awarded ...

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