The human mind is powerful Mind over matter is a phrase which says so much when you start considering what drives people to overcome obstacles against all odds. Lets take a look at the incredible hu...
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The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) Our space agency (SANSA) was first launched on 9 December 2010 – but South Africa has a rich history of space tradition – dating as fat back...
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STEM history of South Africa Make A Plan How many times have you heard: “Just make a plan!” – is that innovation in South Africa? This seems to be the answer for anything that seem...
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Why robotics for young children? In 2015, Marina Bers, a Professor at Tufts University in Boston, published a whitepaper out the learning outcomes of an eight week robotics curriculum for kids aged be...
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Innovation in STEM (iSTEM) To quote Dr Ron Beyers (previously interviewed in 2013): “May I introduce you to a new philosophical approach?” I give you the idea of iSTEM (Innovation in Sc...
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Don’t add more devices, IIoT is already available Digitalization, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industrie 4.0, M2M (machine to machine), cloud computing/connectivity – if you have...
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FTC South African Qualifying Tournament 2018 The FTC South African Qualifying tournament will be taking place on the 3rd of March 2018 in the SAP Auditorium of the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Jo...
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Will people stay relevant in the future? With tech advancing and the improvements of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), will people stay relevant? Will we be employable? This is a STEM blo...
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Introducing FIRST SA graduate: Heiko Kabutz The STEM blog of South Africa is all about STEM, STEMed, robotics and other industrial technology in South Africa. I have had the privilege of personall...
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ECSA is a statutory body The Engineering Profession Act (EPA), 46 of 2000 (which can be downloaded in PDF format here: EPA 46 of 2000), “…provides for the establishment of a juristic perso...
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