Podcasts

How Blockchain can revolutionize the vehicle industry

Imagine if there was a database that collected and stored information about every vehicle on the road, from the time of it’s manufacture to the present moment. This database would track every tr...

IBM’s 5-in-5 predictions (Part 2)

Did you know . . . Each year, across the world, unsafe food causes 600 million cases of food-borne diseases and 420 000 deaths? Did you know that 30% of food-borne disease deaths occur among children ...

IBM’s 5-in-5 predictions (Part 1)

In this Podcast Bilal and Maseeh discuss the five technologies that are going to fundamentally reshape business and society in the next five years. Some of IBM’s leading researchers shared their thoug...

The End of the Cellphone

In this episode, we talk about some of the gadgets that a couple years ago could have been found in every home but have today become completely obsolete. We talk about the likeliness that this could a...

What are social media networks doing to prevent the spread of hate speech?

When  Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in 2004, there was no way he could  have known that his little website was going to become the world’s most  popular social network with nearly 2 billion registe...

Why has South Africa lagged so far behind in solar power production?

😏 Here we go again . . . After a short break of 7 months, Eskom has announced it will be implementing Stage 2 load shedding from Wednesday, 16 October. Solar power is the most abundant energy source o...

New Plastic Recycling Process

EVER since its invention by Leo Baekeland in 1907, plastic has transformed our world in countless ways. We find plastics in our clothes, our homes and our vehicles. Our food comes safely and hygienica...

Rise of the Megacities

The world is moving to the city. We are living in a time when the world’s population is experiencing accelerated growth. According to a study by the Global Cities Institute, by the end of this century...

Children and Technology

Should you let children use technology? And if so, what’s the limits? How much is enough? And most importantly, should schools use technology in education and if so, how do they go about it? A l...

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