Every year, the dictionaries try to summarise a year of human behaviour with a single word, the word of the year. You can question the value of this, but it’s quite entertaining. Words are important, ...

Scientific innovation is the basis of automation, and I always enjoy following the scientific Nobel prizes each year. I thought I had figured out how quantum computers work, but the physics prize this ...

      Welcome to another year with SA Instrumentation & Control. May it be a happy and healthy one where you can rise to the challenges ahead and still enjoy all the good things we have in this country.  ...

Spring is here, holidays are getting closer and there’s a new energy in the air. With this in mind, in this issue we cover the very important topic of ECSA registration. SAIMC’s COO, Gerhard Greeff, ...

One of the most interesting technical crashes in recent years is the metaverse. As recently as 2022, it was white hot, with massive hype led by Meta. Even Bill Gates was saying that in two to three years ...

      Welcome to our Technews Industry Guide on Sustainable Manufacturing. This is my third one, and much has changed. Two years ago we were in Stage 6 loadshedding, and government policies were preventing ...

Today is the 55th anniversary of Neil Armstrong becoming the first human to walk on the Moon. It made me think of an interesting report that captured my attention earlier this year. Within the space ...

The other day I came across an entertaining article on the ten biggest tech failures of the last decade. Google Glass, 3D TV and Elon Musk’s hyperloop have faded into obscurity. Others, like the metaverse, ...

      In this issue of SA Instrumentation & Control we say farewell to our longstanding contributing editor, Michael Brown, who is retiring soon. His outstanding contribution over the years in the field of ...