“Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” Neil Armstrong’s words reverberated throughout the NASA Mission Control Centre in Houston, and cheers and celebrations erupted both at Mission Control and around the world. The Apollo 11 lunar module had just landed on the moon. Fifty years after that fateful moment, there isn’t much about the […]
The 1990s saw the employment of large-scale video walls in 24/7 command and control rooms becoming the norm when digital light processing (DLP) cubes were developed by Texas Instruments. DLP as depicted in Fig. 1 remained unchallenged by other technologies until liquid crystal displays (LCD) screens increased in size and their bezels became thinner. In […]
The demand for fibre optic cable is increasing worldwide. As a result, US and European countries are continuously advancing their mobile communication networks with optical fibre to meet soaring connectivity demands. The deployment of this 5G-ready infrastructure is a necessity to prepare for the Fouth Industrial Revolution. To prepare, developed countries are also increasing their investment […]
There is an international trend for internet service providers (ISPs) to adopt passive optical networks (PONs). Leveraging fibre optics technology, these solutions are becoming increasingly popular due to the congestion often experienced on unlicensed frequency wireless networks in built-up metropolitan areas. Fibre optic networks are gaining traction due to their higher bandwidth delivery, reliability and […]
Africa is a large continent, and investors tend to pick and choose their markets based on a multitude of criteria. Some see opportunities in emerging arenas while others focus on more developed and mature opportunities. However, while Africa has emerged as a popular site for investors (Ethiopia is a current attention hotspot thanks to telecom […]
Consider how easy everyday our use of biometrics is becoming. Increasingly, we are using it to log on to our computers and smartphones without batting an eyelid. Many of us have used fingerprints to access buildings at work, and we’ve happily given our fingerprints and ID photographs to the Department of Home Affairs for passports […]
Many of today’s industrial IoT (IIoT) applications use low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology to save energy consumption and reduce cost while logging, monitoring, and reacting to real-time data. This article looks at the advantages of LPWA and offers tips that increase the return on investment. A growing number of companies in the industrial sector are using […]
The dynamic working atmosphere of today’s competitive world puts all organisations in need of innovative solutions for better understanding of their performance. This is expected not only for companies but also for schools and universities. Big data is one such innovation. This article gives overviews on the concept and challenges related to the analytical processing […]
Initially, computers were primarily used by academics and for research. Today, one cannot fathom life and work without some sort of computing power aiding in our daily activities. In addition, we have reached the point where a pocket-sized device is vastly more powerful than a computer the size of a city block was just a […]
This article discusses critical considerations when planning your internet of things (IoT) concept implementation. This is the first article in a series of business and technical guidance articles provided by the IoT Industry Council of South Africa. With the concept of IoT now firmly rooted with adopters of the fourth industrial revolution, the importance of […]
