Innovation

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…

Observing supercooled atoms could improve semiconductor technology

Atoms — the building blocks of all matter — remain as complex and mysterious as ever. Science, in general, remains this way due to…

5 amazing technologies that are yet to find their killer apps

The history of innovation is essentially a love story. For any new technology to be embraced and find mainstream success, it first must find…

Solar Impulse 2: a momentous creation for human aeronautics

Back in the early 1900s when Wilbur and Orville Wright took off in the world’s first powered and sustained airplane, man knew that they could…

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…

BBC World Service announce selected teams from its hackathon in Kenya

Two teams have been selected to help the BBC expand its reach through Africa following its hackathon held earlier in Kenya. The BBC World…

Google Science Fair 2015 is officially open for submissions

The difference between you and Ada Lovelace, according to Google, is that she tried things and you did not. Starting today, Google is accepting…

HTTP is getting its first upgrade since 1999. Here’s what you can expect

While the web has gone through a lot of changes since it first came into existence in the early 1990s, the fundamental tech behind…

3 ways innovation can kill your ability to do business

Do you work for someone that never seems to stop thinking about the next big thing that needs to be implemented? You know the…

Bill Gates drinks water made from human waste

Bill Gates, American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor, is committed to raising awareness around the issue of sanitation in developing countries….

Watch live as SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket and tries to land it on a ocean platform [Update]

Elon Musk’s Space X is scheduled to launch its Falcon 9 rocket today. This is a risky test flight that has 50% chance of…

Thync is a headset device that uses electrodes to cheer you up

On Friday afternoons, one can file out of the office and grab a beer until the late hours of the following day, knowing well…

This biodegradable drone made of fungi can disintegrate

A team of researchers from a variety institutions, including NASA’s Ames Research Centre, has developed a biodegradable drone that can disintegrate when it needs…

Watch this incredible robot re-enact a scene from ‘The Karate Kid’ [Video]

In a recent video from Boston Dynamics, an engineering and robotics design company, a robot is shown doing karate. Yup, that’s a thing now….

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel