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Singularity Summit Returns to inspire Africa’s future this October

Global thought leaders return to Johannesburg to explore AI, quantum computing, digital identity and the next era of human potential Singularity South Africa has confirmed that…

Innovation in the health system is not a luxury, it is a necessity in the South African context. Photo: Denvor de Wee/Gallo Images/Foto24)

NHI: Innovations could help universal healthcare become a reality

Investment in African-led, context-specific technology such as 3D printing and artificial intelligence is vital

Sanele Qwabe

Sanele Qwabe: Breathing life into nostalgia with Kind Kid

Kind Kid transforms childhood memories into heartfelt, collectable art toys

Creality unveils revolutionary K1 series and celebrates milestone ninth anniversary 

‘Giving the simplicity to users is our understanding of being user-centric’

Graphic: John McCann

OPINION| How can innovation and technology address social exclusion, equity and poverty?

The need for more research and teaching on innovation and not just research and teaching in innovation is gaining traction

Generative AI, cybersecurity threats, new labour-market demands and accelerated technological change are now reshaping universities.  (John McCann/M&G)

Artificial intelligence is already responding to our needs

Engineering students are best prepared for the shift in gear, but they will need to learn to change lanes

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Universities rally to fight pandemic

These institutions are a crucial part of the research and development process that underpins South Africa’s life-and-death fight against the Covid-19 outbreak

Graphic: John McCann

Walk the talk: Creating the capacity for the fourth industrial revolution

We cannot implement any recommendations without an overarching council to oversee it

The CRPM team saw the potential to make a difference in the lives of state patients who have to undergo surgery

Improving CRPM has changed the face of constructive surgery

Innovation Award: Corporate Organisation

Sibongile Shongwe

The business incubator that focuses on platinum

NGO Award including energy transfer, and education and training activities

Daniel Omar

3D-printed prosthetic limbs: the next revolution in medicine

The process could transform manufacturing and help the 30 million people worldwide in need of artificial limbs and braces.

MakerBot makes material changes with 3D printing

CES in Las Vegas saw MakerBot announce new filaments in wood, stone and metal, as well as MakerBot Professional Services.

Rectron brings MakerBot printers to South Africa

MakerBot, a manufacturer of 3D printers, has chosen Rectron South Africa for the local distribution of its products.

SA joins 3D printing revolution

The economic spinoffs of high-tech ‘additive manufacturing’ are potentially massive.

CES 2014: How 3D printing’s changing lives in S Sudan

Not Impossible, the company using 3D printers to provide hands and arms for amputees in South Sudan, has stunned CES with a life-changing initiative.

Samsung’s Pranav Mistry believes the South Korean electronics giant’s Galaxy Gear watch will lead a new trend in smart mobile communications.

We are the future / wear the future

After a lull in new devices, 2014 promises happy geeks plugging into radical technology.

This machine is building on CUT’s line-up of 3D printing technologies keeping the CRPM at the forefront of technological innovation. (supplied)

Rapid prototyping in SA

Additive manufacturing has the potential to change lives and today organisations are driving that change for the betterment of our country.

CRPM staff members exhibiting titanium manufactured parts. (supplied)

A layered conference

The Rapdasa 2013 conference offers a vibrant and exciting insight into a thriving and versatile industry.

3D-printing takes art into another dimension

An exhibition opening at the University of Johannesburg aims to bring the 3D-printing movement into the public conversation.

Print your own gun: The flip side of 3D printers

While 3D printers will enable us to create everything from keys to cars, they may also enable criminals to create their own guns and commit fraud.