The Art of Engineering

As engineers we spend a lot of time solving problems. A customer has a problem and it needs to be fixed. The electronic boards you have just...

When James Bond used miniature cameras in the 60's and 70's the thought of a wireless phone that can take pictures and send them t...

Urban agriculture (UA) – the production of food within a city – is an important aspect of securing our food supply as well as restoring our...

We have allowed ourselves to be framed as consumers. We hear it constantly – we are not referred to as people, or producers, or savers, we a...

Organic farming and the consumption of organic food creates a positive feedback cycle – healthier food, cleaner planet, happier people. The...

What you do matters. What you do each day matters. The decisions that you make are important. Sometimes we forget that our role, our decis...

I am an advocate of making sure that every device consumes as little power as possible at all times. Indicator lights should be off, process...

....helps people turn ideas into products . Your idea may be a new invention, a faster warehouse picking system, or a testing and debugging ...

This post forms a part of the SA Blook . So what is our reality? South Africa has an unemployment rate of about 23%, a skills shortage crisi...

Sometimes you have the opportunity to be involved with something unique, and I am fortunate enough to be in that position. Monday will see t...

I recently bought some apples and spotted an intriguing little logo on the back of the plastic packaging. I look carefully at just about all...

I would like to share a bit about a small project that I did back in September. Stephan Thiel from Hex Microsystems contacted me about a fr...

Currently the main work that I do is as a consulting and design engineer and I've been trying to beef up my marketing. I've realised...