Innovation

Airbnb Trips: is it the future of travel and tourism?

Travel and accommodation company Airbnb has announced a new program that sees the company take a massive leap into the tourism market. Dubbed Trips,…

Drone racing could be South Africa’s next big sport

Drone racing might be South Africa’s latest national sport, that’s at least if Drone Racing Africa has anything to say about it. DRA is…

Researchers use drones to find worrying news in ocean

A research vessel tasked with studying the ocean’s surface, has successfully used drones and other autonomous vehicles to discover new dangers to human and…

New tech makes wind turbines cheaper, lighter and sturdier

The WALiD (Wind blade using cost-effective Advanced Lightweight Design) project in conjunction with the Fraunhofer Institute, have developed lighter but sturdier wind turbine blades…

Rwanda’s now using drones to deliver medical supplies

Drones are all the rage these days, but they’re being put to life-saving use in Rwanda, in the form of so-called Zip drones. Zipline teamed…

Neotel, CDF to drive social-economic change in SA using tech

Using technology to drive education, social-economic development and ultimately the country’s future growth isn’t just a governmental issue. This according to the Cape Digital…

Curro Grantleigh, Meridian Cosmo City win local leg of World Robot Olympiad

Independent educational provider Curro saw two of its South African schools — Grantleigh and Meridian Cosmo City — walk away with gold and silver medals…

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…

Someone has invented the Selfie Shoe to enable people to take a Shoefie

Earlier today we published a piece about selfies being banned on Table Mountain. Even with this move, and the other places that have banned…

Smart Villages launches energy challenge to address off-grid settlements

Smart Villages is inviting East African entrepreneurs to form teams and come up with imaginative ways of distributing and implementing new or existing energy…

3 massive digital trends and how South Africa can use them to its advantage

Financial markets are in flux, cyber crime is on the rise and millennials are taking over the business world. That’s according to David Silverstein,…

Robert Downey Jr. gives an ‘Iron Man’ prosthetic arm to a seven year old boy

Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr delivered a real bionic prosthesis to a seven-year old boy named Alex, who was born with a partially…

These ground-breaking drones want to prevent rhino poaching in SA

Are drones, 3D printers, crowdfunding and supercomputers enough to prevent wildlife poaching? This ambitious initiative believes they just might be. It sounds like an…

5 things you’re getting wrong about innovation: a business analyst’s perspective

Companies are finding it increasingly difficult to be innovative as they struggle to keep up with the ever-changing needs and demands of today’s consumer….

Sebastian Thrun: Is education poised to breed the next major moonshot? #AccentureIC2015

From self-driving cars and Google Glass to online universities, Stanford professor and former head of Google X Sebastian Thrun has made quite a name…

From Steve Jobs to Eskom: how a former Disney exec solves challenges creatively

South Africans can learn to live more easily without power. On visiting Cape Town and Johannesburg this week, Greg Brandeau was surprised to find how…

First World Trader, Angel Shack, Blue Strata named SA’s top innovators #AccentureIC2015

With a vision of promoting and recognising some of the country’s top game-changers, The Accenture Innovation Conference has revealed South Africa’s top innovators in…

3 massive trends banks will have to stay ahead of if they want to remain innovative

Doing digital banking better is key, according to various banking trend predictions for 2015. But being fine-tuned to customer needs and behaviour, and consequently…

How VR Meditation Apps Like Realms of Flow and Others Are Redefining Our Connection with Reality

Transforming Healthcare in Africa with Technology

How forex trading is transforming startup investment strategies

How One Energy Project Could Reshape Climate Action

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain

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