by Dianne Bayley | Oct 25, 2021 | Sustainability
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the Earth. As its permafrost ice melts, powerful methane greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere, which speeds up global warming in an increasingly destructive cycle.Professor Katey Walter Anthony is an...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 23, 2021 | Innovation
With 1.8 billion 5G connections expected globally by 2025, this mobile network technology is becoming increasingly important. In the same period, it is estimated that there will likely be 11 million South African 5G subscribers. Already, 18 African countries are...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 21, 2021 | Innovation
Can robots help alleviate South Africa’s low-cost housing shortage, and give the local construction industry the boost it needs to get back on the path to profitability, asks Linda Eales, Robotics Division Manager at ABB South Africa. Judging by the growing number of...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 21, 2021 | Workplace 2020
Digital transformation is forcing companies to change their business models and adapt to the new market reality. This transformation is being driven by customers and the impact that the pandemic has on how, when and where they expect customer service and support to be...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 21, 2021 | Security and Legal
Constituting a world first in a field that has traditionally been hostile to “artificially intelligent” inventors, South Africa’s patent office granted a patent in July 2021 to an invention created by an AI system[1][1]. by Spoor & Fisher digs into the...
