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Lab-Grown Beef May Be The Future Of Food Security In SA
08 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
While it’s all sounding quite sci-fi at this point – or rather, braai-fi – it’s exciting to see that talented members of our science communities are thinking out of the box for the future, with the best intentions for South Africans in mind.
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UK Launches Drone Postal Delivery Service
03 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
The plan is to send postal packages from the UK’s Kirkwall delivery office via drone flight to remote areas. From there, postal workers will embark on their delivery routes as usual.
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SA Turns To Nanotechnology With Ambitious New Pothole Plan
01 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
In addition to the nanotechnology pilot plan, the Department of Transport also announced that in light of government ministries being seemingly unable to keep up with the task of looking after the country’s roads, many key roads will be moved to the jurisdiction of the South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL).
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All Eyes On The AI Orbs Taking Snapshots Of Your Iris
31 Jul 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
Apparently the goal is to use the iris-scanning devices to create a global financial network in which users’ ‘humanness’ can be verified with one glance.
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Must Watch: James Webb Space Telescope Docuseries On Netflix Shoots For The Stars [Video]
31 Jul 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
If you’re a fellow space-geek, the four-part Netflix docuseries Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine should be entering your personal orbit.
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South Africans Are Klapping Back At Load Shedding With Solar
28 Jul 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
Even if you don’t have the Randelas to fork out for solar, those South Africans who can harness the sun to keep the lights on deserve a pat on the back for refusing to let Eskom control their power schedule.
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Check Out The First Ever Jet-Pack Pizza Delivery At Glastonbury This Weekend [Video]
26 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The cost of the suit hasn’t been disclosed yet, but it is believed to be in the ‘hundreds of thousands of pounds,’ so don’t expect Mr. Delivery to ditch their scooters just yet.
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AI Reveals What It Thinks Each Country’s Most ‘Beautiful Woman’ Looks Like – The Results Are Obviously Unrealistic [Images]
02 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
This woman pictured is supposed to be what South Africans perceive as the most beautiful woman and I am gonna straight-up call bullsh*t on that.
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Even The Leaders Of OpenAI Are Calling For Regulation To Ensure Humanity Isn’t Destroyed
24 May 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The progress of “superintelligent” AIs has been so immense that even the leaders of OpenAI are alarmed, which is when you know the revolution has all the potential to pivot into a full apocalypse.
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Cape Town’s Plan To Spend R860 Million On Anti-Crime Tech Might Be A Total Waste
11 May 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A Cape Flats resident mocked the new tech-driven interventions saying “It’s a bloody joke, to be honest”.
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New Chinese Kissing Device Is Both Intriguing And A Little Creepy
27 Feb 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Equipped with pressure sensors and actuators, the device is said to be able to mimic a real kiss by replicating the pressure, movement and temperature of a user’s lips.
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Boston Dynamic Robot Shows Off New Moves – Should We Start Searching For John Connor? [Video]
20 Jan 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
He’ll be back. Boston dynamic robot getting a bit too clever.
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Highlights From Bill Gates’ Annual Reddit AMA Sesh (He Doesn’t Rate The Metaverse)
13 Jan 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The Microsoft founder answers some of Reddit’s burning questions.
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Big Tech Gives Us A Glimpse Into An Unnecessarily Bizarre Future
10 Jan 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Big tech gets weird when a toilet app that analyses your pee seems reasonable.
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Hope For Us All: World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire Is A Dropout
31 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Alexandr Wang was studying machine learning when met his company’s future co-founder, Lucy Guo, and his life really began.
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Ultra-Realistic Robot Can Paint Better Portraits Than You [Video]
06 Apr 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
With her bionic hand, robotic arm, the mind of artificial intelligence, and a face as real as any other, she is the world’s first ultra-realistic humanoid robot to paint.
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Okay, Humanoid Robots Are Getting A Bit Too Real Now [Video]
06 Dec 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Humanoid robot Ameca has an impressive range of facial expressions which is both interesting and a touch scary.
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Experiment Observes World’s First Living Robot Reproducing [Video]
30 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Scientists have found a couple of living, organic robots able to reproduce in a way never seen before from any animal or plant on the planet.
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Check Out These Highlights From Facebook’s New Meta Universe Demo [Videos]
29 Oct 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Facebook’s name change announcement came with a couple of demos showing off what the company imagines the future will look like.
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New Walking, Flying Bot Drone Is Proof That The Robopocalypse Is Nigh [Video]
07 Oct 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
After seeing this creepy bot drone skateboard, go slacklining, walk and fly you’ll be pretty convinced too that human civilisation will go down because of robots.
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Video Of Computer Reading Paralysed Man’s Thoughts Is Just Incredible
19 Aug 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Professor Edward Chang said that this is the first successful demonstration of direct decoding of full words from the brain activity of someone who is paralysed and cannot speak.
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Top Five Most Exciting Car Tech Innovations From CES 2021 [Videos]
10 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, automotive innovators showed off some of the most advanced, and exciting, technology in the field.
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Our Top Five Favourite Products From CES 2021 [Videos]
15 Jan 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
The Consumer Electronics Show looked a little different this year, with several inventions taking the pandemic into account.
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The Next Level Smart Mask Has Arrived [Video]
14 Jan 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
Masks, while absolutely necessary, have posed a few problems, which tech company Razer wants to solve with what they’re calling Project Hazel.
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Five Wild Gadgets From This Year’s Consumer Electronics Show [Videos]
12 Jan 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
Robot butlers, electronic influencers, and headless robo-kittens: this year’s Consumer Electronics Show has it all.
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For Alert Level 1: How Airbnb Aims To Stop Parties At Your Place
20 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Airbnb is introducing new technology that will make it difficult for parties to happen in the company’s listed properties.
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Make Sure Your Boss Isn’t Using This Software To Spy On You At Home
04 Jun 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
As many of us heed the advice of experts and work from home, companies are finding creative ways to keep track of our progress.
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They’re Calling This ‘The Tesla Of Yachts’
12 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Serenity Yachts is working on perfecting its first solar-powered electric yacht to meet the demands of the more eco-friendly billionaire.
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Fortune Names The Five Greatest Modern Designs
24 Mar 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
In 1959, the typewriter was hailed as the most innovative and life-changing design in the world. We’ve come a long way since then.
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People Are Already Talking About 6G Now
11 Feb 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
If you’re still trying to wrap your head around 5G networks, wait until you hear what 6G could do to the world of tech and communication.
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