Grow Your Garments
Grow Your Garments The fashion industry’s influence extends far beyond the realm of its social and economic impact. With fast-fashion producers and retailers such as Zara and H&M on the rise, the mass-consumption of widely produced garments calls into question the environmental sustainability of the apparel industry and reveals the darker side of retail. As population growth stretches our natural resources to capacity, the Global Fashion Agenda predicts that with the “current trajectories of production and consumption, pressures on natural resources and social conditions will intensify by 2030 to the point of threatening industry growth itself” (May 2017). However, this hasn’t stopped a number of determined individuals and retailers from attempting to find alternative solutions — viable sustainability initiatives have presented themselves in [...]
The International Conference on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
The International Conference on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine The Vaal University of Technology is hosting The International Conference on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (ICTERM) this week. The conference will cover areas such as recent advances, challenges and breakthroughs in the field of tissue engineering. Simply put, Tissue Engineering is the creation of spare human parts. Scientifically, it is the science of design and manufacturing of new tissues for the functional restoration of impaired organs and replacement of lost parts due to cancer, disease, and trauma. Without it, people across the world would not be able to be treated or cured of chronic diseases. Human Tissue donation and transplantation offer patients in need a wonderful opportunity for healing and life. Although thousands [...]
100 Billion Failed Stars
100 Billion Failed Stars New research, that was presented at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Hull on 6 July 2017, suggests that our galaxy contains as many as 100 billion brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs are celestial objects that just didn’t have quite what it takes to become a fully-fledged star. Brown dwarfs are too hot and big to be considered planets, but at the same time, they are too small to be stars. Brown Dwarfs are a result of processes that normally lead to the formation of stars but because they lack the mass to sustain stable hydrogen fusion at their cores, the formation is never completed. Astronomy is a harsh industry – in 2006 it demoted Pluto from a [...]
Graveyard of Giants
Graveyard of Giants Researchers in China have uncovered the skeletal remains of an unusually tall group of individuals who lived in China’s province some 5,000 years ago during the excavation of a 5000-year-old archaeological site. The archaeological dig at Jiaojia Villiage near Jinan City’s Zhangqiu District in Shandong. It is thought to have been a political, economic and cultural centre in its time with 104 houses, 205 graves and 20 sacrificial pits being unearthed. Among the homes, graves and sacrificial pits, various amounts of pottery and jade were found as well as several artefacts from the Longshan Culture, which was renowned for its eggshell black pottery, from the Neolithic period. The archaeological dig, which began last year, is being led by the University of [...]
Making self-driving cars a reality
Making self-driving cars a reality Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, predicts that by “November or December of this year, we should be able to go from a parking lot in California to a parking lot in New York, no controls touched at any point during the entire journey.” Musk has clarified the plans and predicts that level 5 autonomy[1], is roughly two years away. Many of the other major automakers like Mercedes and Ford are giving a 2020 to 2025 timeframe for level 4 autonomous driving, but Tesla is pushing hard for the end of 2018. Currently, Tesla’s Autopilot can be classified as advanced cruise control and lane assistance, but new cars rolling out of the California factory will have up to eight cameras [...]
The importance of coding from a young age:
The importance of coding from a young age: By teaching your child to code from a young age you are giving them a skill for life. Even if your child does not ultimately become a programmer, you are providing your child with problem-solving skills, you’re teaching them to hone their logic, and you are boosting their confidence levels. On top of that, providing your child with these digital skills will improve their chances of being employed in the future. Yishan Wong, CEO of Reddit says that “in the coming century, being able to command the world that will be thoroughly computerised will set apart those who can live successfully in the future from those who will be utterly left behind. By teaching children [...]
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