When technology first became the primary propellant behind societal progress at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, it was largely a matter of utility, of the ends justifying the means. The innovations of the day were resource-heavy and devoured power with a...
Technology is constantly changing and evolving. We are forever making new discoveries, breaking new ground, innovating and exploring. To quote the celebrated English poet and painter William Blake (1757-1827): “What is now proved was once only imagined”. Indeed, in a...
When our brand new D5 SMΔRT sliding gate motor was launched to an eager public at the CENTURION-hosted Access Automation Expo earlier this year, it was presented as a “blockbuster” product and, like a true blockbuster, it is reshaping and redefining the “genre” in...
As South Africans, load shedding has become such a big part of our lives that it has spawned an entirely new brand of local meta-humour predicated on poking fun at the paucity of power. But, while we may make light (pardon the pun) of an increasingly dire situation,...
You know that euphoric, elated feeling you experience when you dig into a huge piece of chocolate cake or finish a big assignment at work? That’s your brain’s reward centre at work; or, more specifically, the presence of elevated levels of dopamine, the...
