A year after R2m Kickstarter, BRCK starts shipping next Thursday
Remember BRCK, the mobile WiFi hotspot billed as a “backup generator for the internet” designed by Africans, for Africans which raised nearly R2m in a Kickstarter a year ago? Backers will start to...
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Calling all makers, inventors, crafters and undiscovered geniuses –...
It’s just over two weeks until one of the most exciting events in this year’s tech calendar kicks off: on 3-6th December MakerFaire Africa is coming to Johannesburg and the Museum of African Design,...
View ArticleMaker Faire Africa moves to Sci Bono for massive celebration of invention...
Posit: You are a major international celebration of all things creative, and you have a huge show, expo and get together for inventors from all across the continent planned. You’re expecting something...
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[MAKER FAIRE] A gallery of amazing makers from Maker Faire Africa
The annual Maker Faire has made a turn in Johannesburg this weekend, as creators, inventors and global thinkers flock to the Sci-Bono Centre to show off their latest projects. The exhibition showcases...
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It’s our Gear of the Year Awards 2014! Part One
It’s December, which can mean only one thing. It’s time to look back over 2014 and decide kit made the cut for Gear of the Year. There’s been no shortage of new kit released in 2014, and htxt.africa...
View ArticleBRCK Education creates a classroom-in-a-box for rural areas
Education is one of the biggest challenges in South Africa; teachers face challenges in the form of black outs, lack of online access to the internet, and the fact course material might not always be...
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BRCK’s Kio Kit is the toughest school-in-a-box tablet-based classroom for...
The idea of a school-in-a-box isn’t new. Everyone from Apple to Samsung to more will sell you a flightcase packed with tablets, lesson plans and a built-in charging station if you want them, and they...
View ArticleBRCK’s new unit aims to connect rural enterprise
In urban conurbations, we tend to take connectivity for granted, forgetting that in many rural areas, it’s something of a luxury. Local company BRCK is trying to address this imbalance; its BRCK device...
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