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technology
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Belgian Team Win South Africa’s ‘Toughest’ Solar Car Challenge [Videos]
23 Sep 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
More than a dozen teams battled it out in an intense, eight-day race, covering thousands of kilometres and ever-shifting weather and terrain that pushed the designers to their limits.
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China’s Uncanny Con – Humanoid Robots At Conference Turn Out To Be Humans Dressed As Robots
02 Sep 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
How are we ever going to tell the difference between humans and robots now?
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Here’s Why A Boat As Sturdy As The Bayesian Might Have Sunk [Video]
21 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Mariners are pointing at some of the Bayesian’s unique features that could’ve been a factor in its demise.
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This Creepy AI Necklace Eavesdrops On You So That It Can Better Become The Friend You Didn’t Know You Needed [Trailer]
01 Aug 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
When the promo for ‘Friend’ was posted, hype grew fast, probably because the video presented a bleak vision of our AI future that only a tech bro could find appealing.
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‘One Giant Pee For Mankind’ – Spacesuits That Recycle Astronauts’ Urine Are Now A Reality
15 Jul 2024 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
Sometimes the seemingly strange ideas are the best ones. To infini-pee and beyond!
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‘Vape Town’ – South Africa’s E-Smoking Is Reaching Crisis Levels
15 Jul 2024 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
It may seem like a reasonable idea to use vaping as a way to cut down on tobacco cigarettes, but the implications of this switch are becoming increasingly concerning as South Africa’s vaping numbers skyrocket.
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The Internet Archive Recently Became The Official Custodian Of Aruba’s History
09 Jul 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Although Aruba is relatively safe from hurricanes, the threat of what a severe storm or other extreme weather could do to its physical archives made everyone nervous.
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Artists Are Switching To AI-Free Social Media Platform ‘Cara’ Amidst Instagram AI Controversy
14 Jun 2024 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
With its strict no-AI policy, many netizens see Cara as a promising alternative to Instagram, particularly for visual artists.
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Showrunner, The ‘Netflix Of AI’ Can Turn Anyone Into TV Show Creators [Video]
06 Jun 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
“It’s the Netflix of AI. Watch an episode, or make an episode.”
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Government Abandons Plans For A Single State-Owned Data Centre
04 Jun 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The newly released national cloud and data policy gives public sector institutions the leeway to choose their own private cloud vendors.
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Why You Should Take Google’s New ‘AI Overviews’ With A Hefty Pinch Of Salt
28 May 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Google’s AI advises eating one rock a day and putting some glue mix into your pizza to help keep the cheese intact, proving how wrong the robots can be.
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Disturbing Video Shows AI-Powered Head Transplant System
24 May 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Honestly, this video alone might make you lose your head all together.
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Soon We Should Be Able To Grow Teeth Back, Thanks To Science
13 May 2024 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
The whole thing seems a little too magical to be true, but Japanese scientists based at Kyoto University Hospital have proven over the last decade that the possibility of tooth regrowth is realistically within reach.
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New 6G Wireless Tech Is Set To Be 500 Times Faster Than Average 5G
02 May 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
We’re looking at being able to stream eight or nine Netflix films every single second. That’s moer fast.
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Saffas Spend More Time Staring At A Screen Than Any Other Country
23 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
South Africans continue to lead the world in screen time, with the average local spending 56.80% of their daily waking hours looking at a screen.
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The New AI Paintball-Blasting Home Security Camera Is Quite Happy To Choose Violence [Video]
19 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Taking ‘enter at your own risk’ to a whole new level, the new AI-powered smart security camera is ready to blast tear gas projectiles at unwanted visitors or in-laws.
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Startup’s Breakthrough Waterless Cleaning “Restores Second-Hand Clothes To A Near-New State””
14 Mar 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Many brands choose to throw out worn and returned clothing because it is deemed less costly to just trash than to repair it.
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‘Just A Game’ – These Scientists Built An AI Drone That Can Hunt And Kill People
08 Mar 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
At least these scientists are being transparent and responsible with the terrifying tech that they’re capable of building, warning us all how easy it is to configure a small, commercially available drone to hunt down a target by itself.
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South Africa Had Its Own High-Speed Rail Service 40 Years Ago [Video]
22 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The MetroBlitz ran the 69.4km route between Pretoria and Johannesburg via Germiston in roughly 42–44 minutes, with a top speed of 160km/h.
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Chinese Tech Startup Developed A Tiny Nuclear Battery That Can Power Your Phone For 50 Years [Video]
16 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
This technology has the potential to transform electronic gadgets by eliminating the need for charges and portable power banks.
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R1 Billion Deal Will Bring Fastest Off-Grid Car Chargers To South Africa
08 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
“Just how green are electric vehicles when they are powered primarily by coal and diesel?”
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This Is The ‘Black Mirror’ Future – Influencers Take Apple’s Vision Pro For A Spin In Public [Videos]
07 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Apple launched the Vision Pro on Friday, the new VR and mixed-reality headset that is simultaneously delighting and freaking everyone out.
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South African Innovator Wins Prestigious Prize For Medicine-Dispensing Lockers
02 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Investors must start to believe that they can also make money by investing in African startups.
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Spotify Wrapped 2023 Dropped Yesterday – Fun ‘Round-Up’ Or Just Another ‘Big Data’ Ploy?
01 Dec 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
Social media has been flooded with colourful, easily-consumable infographics since Spotify dropped their ‘Wrapped’ feature for 2023 yesterday.
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People Are Getting Worried About The Rise Of The ‘iPad Kids’
22 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
There is evidence enough that we might be raising a “fleet of clumsy, myopic tyrants” that will be exposed to more scarring screen time than ever before.
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This Startup Hopes To Replace Smartphones With New Wearable Tech, The ‘Ai Pin’ [Video]
14 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Humane AI was founded by two former Apple employees.
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Aerospace Company Designs A ‘Viewing Pod” With 360-Degree View During Flight
06 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A private aerospace engineering firm has designed a glass pod with a pair of seats inside that can be fitted on existing commercial aircraft to provide passengers with a 360-degree view during flight.
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Japanese Scientists Create ‘Dream Reading Machine’ That Can Record Dreams Like A Movie [Video]
30 Oct 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Technology like this may one day be able to help us capture our deepest subconscious desires, and fears, as a ‘home movie’. The question however needs to be asked whether the realm of our dreams is better left in the dark.
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Prada Is Designing The Spacesuits For Upcoming NASA Mission To The Moon
06 Oct 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
This collaboration gives off strong ‘Fifth Element’ vibes.
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New Research Shows That Stress Is Behind South Africa’s Richest High Schoolers’ Increased Vaping
22 Sep 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
A recent survey conducted by the University of Cape Town Lung Institute has shed light on the concerning trend of South African high school pupils from high-income schools turning to vaping.
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