Talk:Science and technology in South Africa

Where is the prose?

This article is a national disgrace! I have copied verbatim from the "Science and technology" section of South Africa and included it in addition to the list of points made here. I will improve this article when time permits. Although I doubt that Telkom, or Go Open Source warrant notability to be included here: this article is meant to document scientific and technological innovations. DiscipleOfKnowledge 05:27, 23 March 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DiscipleOfKnowledge (talk • contribs)

Information that can be used to expand this article

The following is a list of information that can be used to expand this article --NJR_ZA (talk) 13:48, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
• South African Astronomical Observatory
• South African National Antarctic Programme and SANAE
• Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital and Arnold Theiler - Noted, but maybe a complete section on veterinary could be added
• South African Bureau of Standards
• South African Medical Research Council
• Armscor (South Africa)
• List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_country#South_Africa  Done
• Academy of Science of South Africa
• Royal Society of South Africa
• Department of Science and Technology (South Africa)
• SAFARI-1 Done--User:DiscipleOfKnowledge (talk) 12:44, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
• National Research Foundation of South Africa
• South African Journal of Science
• Sasol- first to convert coal to oil on a large scale because of apartheid sanctions. Here is an article written in the Wall Street Journal: [1] --User:DiscipleOfKnowledge (talk) 07:48, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
• Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory  Done
• National Zoological Gardens of South Africa
• Hermanus Magnetic Observatory

Also, South Africa and weapons of mass destruction. --User:DiscipleOfKnowledge (talk) 18:56, 24 March 2011 (UTC) DoneUser:DiscipleOfKnowledge (talk) 02:44, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

We should also remember to mention the Telurometer.41.241.178.48 (talk) 20:57, 6 April 2011 (UTC) DoneUser:DiscipleOfKnowledge (talk) 02:44, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

To be mentioned: Selig Percy Amoils for developments in the field of cataract surgery. --User:DiscipleOfKnowledge (talk) 12:36, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

To be included: I read somewhere that Putty was in invented in South Africa. I am not sure whether this should be included so I will leave that decision to other Wikipedians. --User:DiscipleOfKnowledge (talk) 00:57, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Pratley Putty. I believe it was used on the Apollo missions to the moon. Will have to dig in the NASA archives for a good ref. --NJR_ZA (talk) 05:13, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Wow. You learn something new on Wikipedia everyday. --User:DiscipleOfKnowledge (talk) 07:17, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

The Dolos, developed in East London by Eric Merrifield, is a weirdly shaped block whose geometric configuration allows it to interlock with other dolosse to shield harbour walls from waves. --User:DiscipleOfKnowledge (talk) 07:48, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

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Full body low dose x-ray scanner

This should be worth a mention. As seen on Grey's Anatomy TV-series http://lodox.com/ South Africa was also involved in early RADAR research Idyllic press (talk) 10:08, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

A page with some more details, perhaps good for a reference or details. http://zar.co.za/invent.htm A SA dentist also developed a cold probe to evaluate the nerve health of teeth. Idyllic press (talk) 10:19, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

This page has some other technology items. Some are local inventions and may merit inclusion in the wiki page. http://www.saiee.org.za/museum/ Idyllic press (talk) 10:23, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Digital Laser - September 2013

New announcement of a digital laser developed by a doctoral researcher at the CSIR after many others had tried and failed.

The system allows for beam mode and shape alteration by changing a holographic pattern on an interspersed LCD unit in the laser cavity beam.

[Engineering News]

[SABC news]

Idyllic press (talk) 16:33, 18 September 2013 (UTC)