Innovation

Dion Chang to headline 2015 SA Innovation Summit

Corporate trend analyst and design consultant Dion Chang will headline the 2015 SA Innovation Summit, set to take place between 26 and 29 August…

3M, HIP2B² on the lookout for high school innovators

It’s never too early to start innovating. And if you’re a South African high school student in grade 9 or 10 the rewards for…

5 things to look for when you’re hiring for innovation

With innovative digital companies bringing new business models and fierce competition to nearly every industry from telecoms to transport, traditional companies are under pressure…

Google introduces News Lab, a project to birth journalists on steroids

Google has announced a new project called News Lab, designed to give journalism more power. The site is a new effort by the company…

Meet Bartesian, your personal robobartender

Waking up to the sound of your coffee machine starting up and brewing you a fresh cup of coffee beans you can possibly imagine,…

Google’s Project Soli is an innovation from the distant future brought to the present

Google’s ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects) department has been working on something very special. Called Project Soli, the technology could completely change how we…

Want to see real innovation? Stop wasting time and money on failed projects

Innovating should be a priority for all businesses, yet too often, businesses approach innovation with a traditional mindset: they write a business plan, secure…

The art and science of experiential marketing

People are pretty fickle. Don’t try and deny it; we are. It’s a fact that marketers and advertising execs the world over have been…

Sorry, but your good idea isn’t innovation until you do something

An idea is not innovation. There exists an expansive divide between the idea and the execution of a project, between the concept and the…

Warby Parker took eyewear online, made it cheaper, socially responsible

Fashion, entrepreneurship and doing good are the corner-stones of the Warby Parker philosophy, which co-founder Neil Blumenthal explained during his time at the 2013…

Baidu goes in for ‘deep learning’ with Silicon Valley, China AI labs

Since Chinese search giant Baidu opened its ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Lab back in January, it has been making some interesting research dedicated to ‘deep learning’….

1 688 examples of people doing awesome stuff on the web

The web is dead. Except it’s not. It’s just constantly changing. There’s still tons of space for innovation in and around it. That’s why…

Computer pioneer Alan Kay: Silicon Valley is running out of innovation

Alan Kay is one of Silicon Valley’s top computer pioneers due to his work with colleagues at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) on…

3D print your own Google Glass

If you don’t have the requisite US$1 500 to be a Google Glass early adopter lying around your house, fear not. There is hope…

Elon Musk talks Mars, Chinese solar power and having more fun [SXSW]

Space explorer, entrepreneur whizz and the inspiration behind Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark character in Iron Man, Elon Musk took to the stage of…

A smart new world: the future we were promised is almost here

At the end of 2012, Joshua Topolsky wrote an editorial for The Verge entitled “Reasons to be excited“. In the piece, Topolsky stated that…

How FNB’s dotFNB stores are merging the digital banking and retail experience

First National Bank (FNB) recently added another string to its innovation bow with the launch of the dotFNB store — a unique type of…

9 tech innovations that changed the film industry (through the ages)

One industry that has been expansively affected by technological changes is film. Both mechanical and digital innovations have influenced everything from equipment to distribution,…

Web Cam Mesh: the interactive 3D projection straight from your webcam

We’re not sure exactly what this is for (besides occasional bouts of procrastination), but it’s cool. What do you get when you combine HTML5,…

Researchers use DNA to store an mp3, PDF and Shakespeare’s sonnets

Are you bored with carting around multiple flashdisks and hard-drives to carry around your digital possessions? How would you feel about storing your files…

What did 2012 do for technology?

There’s little doubt in my mind that 2012 will not be marked in red in the technology history book for it was certainly not…

Best tech innovations of 2012: Google Now, Leap Motion & Retina Display

This year has been pretty amazing for society: we have pushed ourselves and broken some boundaries. A curious little rover explored the surface of…

Innovating through disruption: a chat with digital’s Willy Wonka

In 2009, Nike and the Livestrong Foundation made a big splash during the Tour de France with the Nike Chalkbot: a robot that sprayed…

Jumia Taps Mirakl Ads to Supercharge Retail Media Across Its African Marketplace

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones

Ecentric and MoneyBadger Partner to Bring Bitcoin Payments to South African Retailers

Cape Town Creatives Can Now Work for Free at Africa’s First Creative-Tech Hub

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves