December 2009
SAIEE
Message from the Centenary President
Farewell to Institute Stalwarts
Annual Banquet of the SAIEE
Trevor Lloyd Wadley Symposium
WATT's ENERGY
Human and animal aste couldr esolve some energy problems
Peugeot makes a car-come-bike for commuters
Is energy savings awareness on the increase?
SECC vows to keep illegal connections running
Toshiba methanol fuel cells recharge other cells
Peters pledges government support for energy plants
AFD helps CEF with CSS
Energy efficient gadgets may be irritating
WATT'S GOING ON?
Ponds may release arsenic in groundwater resources
Water on the Moon and a dying star studied
Standard introduces mimoney wallets
Sony claims Vaio is thel lightest, thinnest, best on the market
Philips 'discovers' community members
Pre-apprentice programme for training toolmakers
CSIR researcher is IEEE Female Scientist of the year
WATT'S HAPPENING
Editor's Comment
Let engineers solve the engineering problems - that can't be hard!
Smartgrid technology may be key to electricity supplies
Dr William Gruver presented this year's Bernard Price Memorial Lecture. Paddy Hartdegen shows how smartgrid technology could work in this country.
Let's call on our engineers
Paddy Hartdegen takes a look at some of the problems facing South Africa and suggests how the employment of engineers could help.
KeyScore keeps score in a way that works
Software that ascertains whether your employees are working or cyberloafing when they appear to be busy at their computers all the time.
The case for photovoltaics
Peter Middleton talk to Andreas Bohnsack about the viability of photovoltaic technology.
Standards are a 'must have' for every economic sector
Ruanne van der Walt, a runner up in the 2009 SABS Essay Competition, discusses the values of Standards: these range from consumer safety to opportunities for giving us a competitive edge in the export market.
WATT'S SCIENCE
Brazil's affirmative action policies for blacks
LHC experiment may happen on Christmas Day
A grumpy boss? Good for you
Curiosity really is a curiosity
Asteroids, comets need to be monitored
Meet the Aardonyx - a new dinosaur species
Embryos learning to detect their predators
HTV delivers its payload then goes into destructive dive
WATT'S TECHNOLOGY
Testa is quick but its handling is brutish
Cell phones should be banned in prison
'Jet' to break the land speed record
Crystal creations - a black art in the world of science?
