From the pen of the centenary president, du Toit Grobler
Student competition – results out soon
Photographs of key SAIEE events that have taken place around the country
SAIEE visits the Gautrain project site
The SAIEE’s publication’s company and its board of directors.

Readers from around the country respond to some of the more recent articles published in WATTnow. The opinions are varied – some angry, some relieved and some amusing.

Air Multiplier is just a bladeless desk fan
African farmers want more handouts for climate change
Boy proves enterprise cannot be hampered by circumstances
Magnetricity is no Magna Carta for energy production
Kiss the Coega smelter goodbye
Swedish bunnies turned into biofuel
Nuclear batteries may last hundreds of years
Trillions needed for renewable energy projects
Green energy projects increase dramatically.

Will banks let cell phone banking remain affordable?

In March 2008, Hatch Africa launched an energy project sector in South Africa to leverage its global capability and skills for power developments in South and sub-Saharan Africa. Peter Middleton speaks to Dieter Matzner, principle power consultant for Hatch about renewable power options – wind, solar and water power.

Antonio Ruffini explores the wide-ranging developments in cell phone banking in South Africa that brings a simple, easy--to-use technology to what banking group FNB calls the ‘marginally banked’ people of South Africa. Find out what the new developments are and where cell phone banking is going in the years ahead.

Jean Thomas Lokala J’lfaso, Technical Director SNEL responds to an article published in the September issue of WATTnow and claims that the real culprit behind the failure of the Inga project is Eskom because the organisation refused to commit to the project in the first place. His candid comments make interesting reading.

Paddy Hartdegen reviews Sony’s Alpha 350 camera, an affordable and really efficient tool that is equally suited to professional photographers or enthusiastic amateurs and comes to the conclusion that it is probably the best value-for-money camera on the market today.

Sony introduces its new Alpha range of camera
A USB fridge will keep those drinks cool
New initiatives to prevent transport thefts
France provides credit line for renewable energy projects
Blind faith at the heart of the new toll system?
Soccer billboards beginning to spread
Eskom demands more money from NERSA
Casio winners get new watches
Starfish – smart cards designed by UCT students.

Russian mission may unlock Morning Star’s secrets
GOCE and Sumbandila in orbit around Earth
Spring tyres for Moon and Earth
LHC reaches deep space temperatures
Nobel Prize rewards work done 40 years ago
CSIR still plays a key role in innovation.

Single lens camera to film in 3D
Storm2 completely revised – we hope
Robots used to treat prostate cancer
Grumpy rubbish bins and park benches
Computers learn to spot unspoken meaning in human conversations
Online advertising in SA and UK just keeps on growing
New $200 gadget to monitor energy consumption.