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DID YOU KNOW?
Dit is interessant hoe die effek van gewone opmerkings deur die jare kan verander van ‘n
kompliment tot ‘n belediging... Hoe dit ervaar gaan word hang baie af van die era waarin
jy leef.
MORNÉ MOSTERT
Direkteur: Instituut vir Toekomsnavorsing -
Stellenbosch Universiteit
Tydens Agri SA se kongres rakende die
vierde industriële revolusie.
‶ Jy moet slegs 20% van jou
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o
o
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Ora oor...
geh
intellektuele energie op die
toekoms, dus die helfte op wat
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nog nie gebeur het nie.
TEDDY BEKELE
Chief Technology Officer at Land O’ Lakes
Speaking about the fires in the Amazon
rainforest.
‶ When some people think of
automation and farming, they
BHEKI CELE
Minister van Polisie
Tydens die 13de Internasionale
Wetstoepassing van Intellektuele
Eiendomsreg Misdaadkonferensie wat in
Kaapstad aangebied is.
‶ Die eienaars van intellektuele
eiendom verloor inkomste en
handelsmerkekwiteit. Verbruikers
word blootgestel aan gevaarlike
envision massive facilities where produkte. Die regering verloor
from humans. Taking work away Hierdie tipe misdaad sal lei tot
still help automated farms func- dat die ekonomie nie sal groei nie
crops grow without intervention belasting wat betaal moet word.
from humans. In reality, people dalende beleggings wat beteken
tion, but they fulfil different roles en nuwe werksgeleenthede sal nie
″
than in the past.
Researchers at the University of California
Los Angeles and Arizona State University
have developed SUNbots, an innovative
new type of solar technology.
The new technology imitates phototropism
– the process where certain types of plants,
such as sunflowers, halt their movement
when the optimum exposure to sunlight for
photosynthesis is achieved.
verlede spandeer, 30% op die
hede en ‘n massiewe 50% op die
SUNFLOWER SOLAR
″
geskep kan word nie.
The SUNbot can automatically bend
towards light to achieve optimal exposure
to the sun thanks to its ‘stem’, which partial-
ly consists of a material that heats up and
shrinks in sunlight – causing the stem to
bend, and pointing the solar panel ‘flower’
directly towards light sources. Once the
panels are optimally positioned, they cast
a shadow over the ‘stem’ allowing it to cool
and stop bending.
Researchers tested the technology by
building a panel of SunBOTs, each less
than a millimetre wide, with and without the
phototropism-inspired stem technology.
Those with the new technology generated
up to 400% more solar energy.
Source: https://www.smart-energy.com/category/
resources/press-releases/page/6/
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