During the recent holiday season, I was having a discussion regarding AI, and the conversation eventually found its way to the pros and cons of this relatively new technology. As with all new tech that ...
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After having some time off over the Christmas period, without any deadlines to attend to, I managed get away to a bushveld hideaway. No cellular signal, no electricity, filtered water directly from ...
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As the year starts to draw to a close, and people are still frantically rushing around trying to accomplish what they had in mind at the start of it, I can look back at 2022 with a mixture of emotions.  ...
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Have you ever woken up to a beautiful, bright and sunny South African day, and after drinking a cup of coffee while perusing the morning news headlines, had that distinct feeling of déjà vu? Well, this ...
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While heritage may mean many different things to people from different cultural backgrounds, the topic got me thinking about South African heritage from an engineering point of view.
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The ongoing energy crisis has had a devastating effect on all spheres of our economy, and this unfortunately includes our education system, especially the STEM fields which rely on energy to be able to have any meaningful hands-on experience with equipment.
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On a recent trip to Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape I was reminded, quite rudely and abruptly to be honest, of the load shedding that has plagued South Africa for the last few years. Living in KZN, we ...
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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has announced global semiconductor industry sales were $51,8 billion in the month of May 2022, an increase of 18,0% over the May 2021 total of $43,9 billion ...
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To most people, 42 is simply a number. To some, they may think about the fact that it is an even number, or maybe the product of six and seven, or that this is the length of a standard marathon in kilometres. ...
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At the time of writing, the total number of deployed hotspots stands at 824 159, with 64 708 of those having come online in just the last 30 days.
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To set the scene, I first need to confess something. I do my best thinking in complete isolation, preferably with a window to see the world outside so I know it’s still there. I pace relentlessly, talk ...
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South Africa       Dr Hencharl Strauss was appointed as manager of the CSIR Photonics Centre as of 1 March 2022. Dr Strauss joined the CSIR in 2009 in a postdoctoral position while completing his PhD through ...
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