The ball's up 2nd Quarter 2010, Technews Publishing, News & events As much as I have desperately tried to keep the hackneyed subject of FIFA World Cup out of this issue of Motion Control, I have failed. The cause of my failure is a fascinating, albeit brief, explanation ...
Read more...Interesting times 1st Quarter 2010, Technews Publishing, News & events This time last year I wrote about the economy and with the start of a new decade, I thought we should see how things were progressing. So welcome to 2010.
That font of all (questionable) knowledge, Wikipedia, ...
Read more...Name, shame, fortune and thanks 4th Quarter 2009, Technews Publishing, News & events Names convey meaning
If you plan to start a business, I suggest that it is a good idea to choose an appropriate name, with the emphasis on ‘appropriate’. For example, if you call your enterprise ‘Tasty ...
Read more...Change is inevitable, embrace it passionately 3rd Quarter 2009, Technews Publishing, News & events Pretty in print
Welcome to our new format Motion Control!
Of course, I am writing this editorial comment before actually seeing what the end result is, but I hope it reflects the work put in by clients ...
Read more...Investment and innovation 2nd Quarter 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & events As I have noted in a previous editorial comment, the duration of the current economic downturn will exceed many previous ones. Organisations that do not continue to invest in skills development, R&D and ...
Read more...Holding your breath is not an option 1st Quarter 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & events Corrections and recessions impact us in our personal and business lives and we respond to these outside events with what we perceive to be rational reactions.
Corrections are by definition short-lived ...
Read more...A salute to successful South Africans Fourth Quarter 2008, Technews Publishing, News & events With world markets crashing around us, economic activity slowing and the Rand rapidly weakening I thought I should look on the bright side – at some incredible South Africans and their accomplishments.
Most ...
Read more...Growth, conferences and education Third Quarter 2008, Technews Publishing, News & events Continuing growth
While South African consumer confidence is down, the same thing cannot be said about the confidence of the SA fluid power industry, or that of its international counterparts. In my ...
Read more...A tribute to Dr Maurice McDowell Second Quarter 2008, News & events It was with great sadness, that the team at Technews came to hear of the recent passing of Dr. Maurice McDowell, who passed away on Friday 23 May, 2008.
Maurice was involved in writing for Technews titles ...
Read more...Good news, bad news and robots Second Quarter 2008, Technews Publishing, News & events The economic environment
We really seem to be getting mixed messages on the economic front. It is quite depressing if one only reads the newspapers, and yet there is good news to be found as well. Amongst ...
Read more...Blackouts and buyouts First Quarter 2008, Technews Publishing, News & events “When it becomes more difficult to suffer than change, then you will change.” Anon. Blackouts
What a disaster in South Africa's power provision. There seem to be two fundamental problems. We have ...
Read more...Engineering futures and the status quo Fourth Quarter 2007, Technews Publishing, News & events Engineering futures
I attended a press conference the week before writing this column. The main topic of the conference related to the presence of an Indian delegation, spearheaded by the Indian Engineering ...
Read more...Rocking and rolling Third Quarter 2007, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & events I had the opportunity to visit some businesses operating in the hydraulic and pneumatic spheres a few weeks back. There is vibrancy and a 'busy-ness' in the sector that comes through: investment in infrastructure, ...
Read more...Convergence of technologies Second Quarter 2007, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News & events Talking to some people in the business sectors addressed by Motion Control and to some engineers there seems to be a school of thought that believes that there is nothing new to read or write about. Well, ...
