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 What happened with the Mayan calendar?
by J Wilson, Accreditation & Metrology Services
It is interesting to note that the Mayan calendars did not predict that it would be the end of the world. They had merely reached the end of a set of numbers on one of them. The Mayans and others long before them had generated a calendar which measured in excess of 62-million years... ( more)
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In conversation with Alexandra Zagury, BlackBerry
by Hans van de Groenendaal, EngineerIT
Are there too many smartphone platforms and is this sustainable? Historically in the video world we had two standards, VHS and Betamax - but VHS became the dominant and the popular one. Will the same happen to mobile platforms?... (more)
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Panel discussion: automation in mining
by Hans van de Groenendaal, EngineerIT
Automation in mining is for many people, if not a political, then certainly a sensitive subject. Any discussion of the subject conjures up a vision of massive staff lay-offs. On the other hand, the mining industry needs to be economically viable. We have approached some experts in the mining industry for their views... ( more)
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EngineerIT Inbox
Letter to the editor
Is it my imagination or has the connection quality of cell phone networks deteriorated sharply in recent times? I am with Vodacom, and was previously with MTN, first with a Blackberry and now a Samsung S3 smartphone and Apple iPad 2 tablet, and the problems I experience are consistent throughout... (more)
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| Warning of repercussions of DoC-e.TV court ruling
Information from Tellumat
"Significant delays, costs and service issues to changing set-top box management". e.TV, the free-to-air channel, had successfully argued that the Department of Communication (DoC) could not give Sentech the rights to manage the control system in the set-top boxes (STBs) used in digital terrestrial TV... ( more) |
Q&A: Ask an expert
This begins a series of Q&A on a variety of topics of interest to our readers, starting with automationGerhard Greeff, Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) Southern Africa, answers the following questions. Q: With the emergence of M2M technologies, do you think the manufacturing industry is ready for a true cloud-resident MES?... ( more)
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Ten drivers of cloud computing for South African businesses
Information from MWeb
While cloud computing remains a rather fluffy concept for many South African business people, local businesses are increasingly using cloud-based applications - many without realising that they are "in the cloud" at all... (more)
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Social media analytics: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
by Johan Jurd, InfoBuild
Social media is a treasure trove of insights and useful information, but most people have realised that the path from hype to reality is hardly straightforward or easy to implement. At the heart of the matter, information gleaned from social channels is a combination of structured and unstructured data... (more)
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Powerline telecommunications - a rudderless boat on a stormy sea!
by Hans van de Groenendaal, EngineerIT Broadband over power line or power line telecommunications? The Europeans and Americans differ on the name of the technology, but this disagreement is nothing compared to that in the world of standards... ( more)
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LTE rides on top of the wave - is WiMAX dead?
by Hans van de Groenendaal, EngineerIT
From international reports it appears that WiMAX is alive and well. The chairman of the WiMAX Forum, Declan Byrne, said as recently as September 2012 that WiMAX as a mobile operator solution remains where the most of the subscribers are. And that would be in Japan, Korea and the United States... (more)
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Five myths of private clouds
by Kevin Brown, Coraid, USA
Virtualisation and modern application development are transforming the data centre from isolated islands of compute to dynamic, shared infrastructures. Public cloud vendors have demonstrated business models that leverage these new architectures to provide on-demand, self-service access to computing at very low costs... ( more) |
| Developing new algorithms for photomosaics
by Dr. MC du Plessis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
An image mosaic, or photomosaic as the name suggests, is a mosaic created using images. When viewing the photomosaic from a distance, images combine to create the visual effect of one larger image. This image is called the target image while the images making up the target image are called tiles... (more) |
Secure OPC process data transfer and centralisation
by Noel Walker, Matrikon Moore Progressive and forward-looking companies require up-to-date information from their remote operations in order to make accurate and timely decisions. However, establishing a secure communications network to remote sites can be difficult, especially when the remote site is 200 km offshore... ( more) |
| Repair of equipment for use in explosive atmospheres
by Johannes Auret, Explolabs and Certex
The repair of equipment for use in explosive atmospheres (EEA) is based on the principle of back to norm. This may be achieved by the manufacturer or a repairer, provided the right method is followed. The choice of the edition of a standard to use for repair is a grey area... ( more)
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Multiport flow selector optimises oil and gas production testing
by Chautanya Shah, Emerson Process Management; Prathesh Selvaraj and Paul Schafbuch, Valve Automation, USA
Using multiport flow selectors (MPFS) in oil and gas applications improves production testing and reservoir management. MPFSs facilitate cost-effective and compact selection and diversion of fluids from individual wells for testing, without disrupting the production from all other wells... (more)
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| More safety in cars - thanks to visible and invisible light
Information from Osram Opto Semiconductors
How LEDs improve drivers' vision and IREDs enable the early detection of dangerous situations. Only 20% of all vehicles travel the road at night. Yet, according to an investigation by the DVR (German Road Safety Council), approximately one third of all traffic accidents occur during this time... ( more)
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Interconnect challenges for electric and hybrid vehicle platforms
by Rand Wilburn, Molex, USAAccording to Strategy Analytics, a predicted 6,5-million mild, full and plug-in hybrid vehicles will be manufactured by 2018, including all-electric with petrol driven generator, all-electric plug-in, petrol/diesel electric-hybrid and conventional diesel with start-stop technology... (more)
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Amateur radio: Second century of disaster communications
by Hans van Groenendaal, EngineerIT
Radio amateurs worldwide will be dedicating World Amateur Radio Day on 18 April 2013 to disaster communication with the theme "Amateur radio - entering its second century of disaster communications". The first recorded use of amateur radio during a disaster dates back to 1913, during severe flooding in he USA... ( more)
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Telecoms Developments in Africa
Compiled by Matthew White, Iona Press Services
- Angola inaugurates network supervision centre
- AccessKenya begins its network upgrade
- EriTel privatisation seen as first step towards market liberalisation
- Kenya's Yu mobile cancels call rate increase
- Alcatel-Lucent to build 1000 base stations for Etisalat Nigeria
- Libtelco launches fibre-optic cable service
- Maroc Telecom to invest $1,2-billion in broadband network
- Phone users top 5,6-million in Rwanda
- Vodacom Tanzania trials high-speed LTE technology
- China pledges more investment in Zambia
- Zimbabwe's Liquid Telecom claims cross-border fibre top spot ... (more)
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Gadgets4Geeks
- An agile Ultrabook
- Need a long-zoom camera?
- Great new app scans documents straight to your mobile device
- Unique positions enable an iPad from this laptop! ... (more)
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