October 2009
Fantastic phone - but not one for engineers; Philips has new LED on the market; Girls take the lead in Johannesburg's search for the brightest young scientists; In search of my published article; Nerds behaving badly; Apple launches new iPod Nano; Get down to Earth guidance in a flash; Cape Town to host 2010 communications conference; Sun spots suffer from 'depression'.
SAIEE
A busy time for the SAIEE during April and July
Western Cape Centre talks so students
ARJ’s centenary, but no bash, shindig or jamboree
SAIEE Centenary Celebrations as Trevor Wadley comes under the spotlight at a special SAIEE event
WATT's ENERGY
Britons steam to new land speed record
Africa wants $67-billion a year to compensate for climate change
Kenya plans to plant 7,6-billion trees
£300-billion need for climate change compensation
Jet-propelled lobsters don’t amble
Solar-powered paramotor flight from Monte Carlo to Morocco
WATT'S GOING ON?
Fantastic phone – but not one for engineers
Philips has new LED on the market
Girls take the lead in Johannesburg’s search for the brightest young scientists
In search of my published article
Nerds behaving badly; Apple launches new iPod Nano
Get down to Earth guidance in a flash
Cape Town to host 2010 communications conference
Sun spots suffer from ‘depression’
WATT'S HAPPENING
Editor's Comment
Service delivery - What now?
Poor service delivery - nothing's changed
Paddy Hartdegen reports on the recent spate of service delivery strikes that have taken place around South Africa and examines just how miserably the local authorities are performing. In fact it's not just at a local level, as national departments and provincial government structures fail just as miserably to perform and provide the essential services for any services for that matter that South Africans need.
Is the paper book in the throes of death?
Antonion Ruffini explores the role of the electronic book in American society and other parts of the world and questions whether the electronic book will ever become a predonimant information source, replacing newspapers, journals, magazines or books.
New era for Nissan
Peter Middleton reports on the new Nissan LEAF a zippy electric car, which will launch internationally next year and also examines some of the technology that has found its way into NIssan's remarkable GT-R, the bigger sister of the widely respected 370Z.
Watt Says
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.
Cash-strapped Eskom may delay MEdupi and Kasile
Paddy Hartdegen reviews comments contained in the Eskom annual report and reflects on what the organisation is hoping to achieve, where it has failed and what the outlook for the electricity generation sector is in the immediate future.
WATT'S SCIENCE
Cement that gobbles up carbon
Were Africa’s early humans the world’s first engineers?
Africa’s banana crop threatened by disease
Life in the universe could be commonplace
Plastic island emerge on North Pacific Gyre
Lightning can strike upwards
DNA – a scaffold for smaller computer chips?
Plankton, the ocean’s own blender
Venus bright spot is not a ‘love bite’
Piranha released into Devon River
WATT'S TECHNOLOGY
Spruce Pine has nothing to do with timber
Scoot around in a coupe but beware of taxis
See-through billboards coming to our roads?
Drunk? Well don’t try starting your new truck
Connectivity, not bandwidth is the issue for SA
Drug dispensing contact lenses
Who cares about debt, just buy a yacht
DNA modification creates synthetic cells in bacteria.
