Cape Town Archives

3D-inspired hi-tech buoy takes African marine monitoring to new levels

AdminBraaiOctober 22, 2015October 22, 2015

by AdminBraaiOctober 22, 2015October 22, 2015

A new real-time measuring buoy can change the way the maritime industry operates, writes Dirk Muller in The Conversation Africa. —————————————————————— A hi-tech buoy...

Biology & Evolution

Fast, cheap calories may make city birds fat and sick

AdminBraaiJune 14, 2015June 12, 2015

by AdminBraaiJune 14, 2015June 12, 2015

by Phoebe Barnard via The Conversation Change. It can creep up on us so gently that we hardly even notice it. Yet the pace of...

The Science Inside

The Science Inside: The Cape Fire

AdminBraaiMarch 18, 2015March 21, 2015

by AdminBraaiMarch 18, 2015March 21, 2015

This week’s The Science Inside podcast looks into science and technology involved in monitoring and fighting the recent and devastating Cape Fire. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/195133053″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”...

Health & Medical SciBraai Events Technology & Computer Science

March Events – Challenges and solutions in HIV

Paul KennedyMarch 10, 2015March 9, 2015

by Paul KennedyMarch 10, 2015March 9, 2015

SciBraai is excited to be promoting local science-, technology- and innovation-related events in the Mother City. This month, these events dive into new technologies and...

Human & Social Space & Astronomy

Mitologie en wetenskap vat hande

Elsabé BritsFebruary 20, 2015February 20, 2015

by Elsabé BritsFebruary 20, 2015February 20, 2015

Die kunsprojek waarin inheemse mitologie en verhale oor die kosmos hande vat met die wetenskap, open vandeesweek in die Moederstad. Die internasionale Square Kilometre Array-projek...

Human & Social Physics & Engineering SciBraai Events Technology & Computer Science

February Events – some sense about string theory

AdminBraaiFebruary 16, 2015

by AdminBraaiFebruary 16, 2015

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...

Biology & Evolution Health & Medical Human & Social

Bringing researchers and the public together for science

Paul KennedyAugust 14, 2014August 13, 2014

by Paul KennedyAugust 14, 2014August 13, 2014

Forensics, facial recognition, psychiatry and eye health may not seem inherently connected. But they all have two things in common: they are all relevant to...