UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (UAS)
WHICH UAS? CONSIDERATIONS IN COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY UAS PROCUREMENT There are a number of forces that guide, govern and in some cases limit the application of the technology, especially in the commercial space. Adding to this, the classification of UAVs is confusing as there is no universal way to describe the differences between military and…
Tellumat contributes to receivers for SKA radio telescope project
The exciting Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project – a massively distributed radio telescope being built in South Africa and Australia over five years – has thrust Tellumat’s radio frequency (RF) skills into the public eye once more. Market need Of near-unprecedented scale in the history of scientific and engineering endeavour, SKA will consist of 2,000…
Lulamile Xate, Chairman of the Board, Tellumat Group
Bouncy Baleka – UCT’s kickstart solution to robotic propulsion
Meet Baleka – she can’t speak like her namesake in Parliament, but she sure can jump. Baleka – from the Xhosa word for “running” – is a biped (two-legged robot) designed by a team of UCT engineering students to solve the motion problem of acceleration. Dr Amir Patel, team leader and senior lecturer in Mechatronics,…
Safer, cheaper homes for more families in more places, faster than ever
The world’s first fully permitted 3D-printed home for low-income and underserviced communities was revealed in Austin, Texas, at the annual SXSW conference this year. The result of a partnership between Icon, a pioneering building technology provider, and New Story, a low-cost housing non-profit organisation, is a stylish tiny house measuring 60 square metres. It was…
What BRICS innovators have going for them
The latest Global Innovation Index 2018 shows typically mixed results for South Africa and other BRICS countries, both in overall innovation rankings and innovation efficiency (innovation outputs vs. inputs): Country/Economy Rank Efficiency Ratio Rank China 17 …
Andrew Connold – Tellumat Group CEO
SA wins big in AppsAfrica awards
South Africa featured prominently in the fourth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards, held in Cape Town on 10 November 2018. Hosts and founders of the annual awards programme, tech advisory service AppsAfrica.com, said the 2018 edition attracted over 300 entries from more than 39 countries across the continent. Winners were crowned across 14 categories and invited to…
SolarHotty: Solar water heating that doesn’t clutter your skyline
The new paradigm in solar water heating. The only solar solution that is able to heat a standard geyser without modifying the existing geyser plumbing installation.
