Gender equality a problem in SA
Results of the 2014 MasterCard Index of Women’s Advancement show that gender inequality towards women remains in the workplace, particularly in the areas of leadership and employment. The overall Index score of 73.5 for 2014 is marginally higher than the outcome of...Telkom aims to be broadband leader
Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2014 – Central to Telkom’s turnaround strategy is becoming a leader in broadband provision, and it is doing this by changing its go-to-business model as well as its branding. Dr Brian Armstrong, chief operating officer of Telkom,...NASA fires off printed rockets
NASA has successfully tested the most complex rocket engine parts ever designed by the agency and printed with additive manufacturing – or 3D printing – on a test stand at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Centre. NASA engineers pushed the limits of...Watson improves thinking ability
IBM has announced that significant advances in Watson’s cognitive computing capabilities are enabling researchers to accelerate the pace of scientific breakthroughs by discovering previously unknown connections in big data. Available now as a cloud service, IBM’s...3D printing cuts surgical costs
3D printing is being used to validate patient surgery prior to an operation, helping to reduce the length of surgical procedures and leading to a substantial reduction in theatre costs. UK-based Replica 3DM is using Stratasys Objet24 and Objet30 Pro 3D printers in 12...