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Submit your company news to sciencetechnews@bizcommunity.com. Exclusive contributions may be sent to contributor-sciencetech@bizcommunity.com. Top stories
Science
 While science fiction-based robots work cooperatively alongside humans, current 'real' robots do mostly repetitive work in production lines with no interaction with humans, because it is not safe, says Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) mining robotics project manager Liam Candy. Read more >>
Technology
 [Wilma den Hartigh] The world's first solar-powered netbook, Samsung Electronics' NC215S laptop, is the ideal product for a continent where electricity access can be limited, but sunlight is never in short supply. Read more >>
PRETORIA: South Africa is steadily becoming a leader in the world of technology, with the recently locally-designed periscope set for use in submarines. A new generation periscope for conventional attack submarines is now being developed and manufactured at Carl Zeiss Optronics in Centurion. Read more >>
Dr Val Munsami, deputy director general for research, development and innovation in the department of science and technology told News24.com that South Africa should do more to protect local intellectual property (IP). Read more >>
[Mkhululi Ndamase] She's only 23 but she's almost finished her master's degree and has trounced more than 100 others to become the first female student to win a prestigious award. Read more >>
More than 100 Norwegian business people and 50 of their South African counterparts discussed future co-operation and joint ventures during the state visit of President Jacob Zuma of South Africa to Norway in a business meeting on Thursday, 1 September 2011. South Africa's two-way trade with Norway doubled from R963-million in 2006 to more than R3-billion in 2010.The growth was driven by a major increase in South African exports to Norway. Read more >>
Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry
PRETORIA: The South African government has approved the publication of a draft of the Plant Breeders' Rights Amendment Bill and is now available for public comment. Read more >>
Production
 The Film and Publication Board (FPB) and the department of home affairs recently screened the film 'Trust', which illustrates the potential dangers of children accessing the internet and interacting with others through social media. Read more >>
Administration
 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has urged municipalities to forget the frills like Mercedes Benzes and to stick to the basics like service delivery. He was briefing journalists in Cape Town on the newly released Local Government Budgets and Spending Review for 2011. Read more >>
Transport
The controversial R10-billion Winelands toll road in the Western Cape will go ahead despite widespread objections to its development. The City of Cape Town - which has already declared an inter-governmental dispute with the Transport Ministry - says that litigation may be the only way to prevent the toll road. Read more >>
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