Jozi’s disadvantaged kids to prep for Afrikabot competition
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) and the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) have announced a programme that will see disadvantaged children around Joburg...
Category : Physics & Engineering
Two hundred South Africans heading to Russia to train as nuclear engineers
by AdminBraai
Late last year the South African government controversially revealed that it has potentially signed a nuclear partnership deal with Russia, that would see the country...
Tanzanian water filter takes top innovation prize
by Paul Kennedy
A new nanoparticle-based water filtration system will soon be saving lives all over rural Tanzania, thanks to the Royal Academy for Engineering’s inaugural Africa Prize...
Help TinkerTainer raise funds for SA’s first kids’ robotics maker space
by AdminBraai
Young people such as Cable Maharaj have proven that they can be counted among the top brains in the local MakerSpace, which is why a...
SA crunches into the collider data grid
by Sarah Wild
South Africa has joined the computing grid for the largest particle accelerator in the world, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The collider, which straddles the...
Kimberley to host 86MW solar power plant
by AdminBraai
A lot more solar power plants are springing up across South Africa, as Eskom struggles to keep the lights on to the general public. But...
Elon Musk unveils battery to take your home off-grid
by AdminBraai
After much anticipation, South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk has finally unveiled a battery designed to help homes go off-grid and run using solar power. Adam...
See the Bloodhound SSC in Pretoria before record attempt
by AdminBraai
The opportunity to have a close look at a jet-powered car built to clock at 1000 mph (1600 km/h) is not one to miss. You have...
DIY: Pimp your wirework car with your cell phone
by AdminBraai
Adam Oxford of the tech website htxt.africa visited Tshwane University of Technology to find out how to take a wireworks car (“draadkar” in Afrikaans) to the...
February Events – some sense about string theory
by AdminBraai
SciBraai is excited to be promoting local science-, technology- and innovation-related events in the Mother City. This month, these events get to grips with one of...