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Bridging communication barriers in COVID-19 triage and screening – A mobile speech app

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity under the Department of Science and Innovation and Aweza have collaborated to develop a unique mobile application to bridge communication barriers between healthcare providers and patients. Aweza is an international award-winnin...
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CSIR to showcase biometric recognition solutions at ID4Africa 2019

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will display various biometric solution technologies at the ID4Africa 2019 conference, taking place in Johannesburg, from 18 to 20 June 2019. These technologies include the biometric recognition of children, a technology developed to verif...
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SANDF launches new range of military vehicles to improve its border safeguarding capability

The South African National Defence Force recently launched a range of new military vehicles that will be used to patrol South Africa’s borders. The CSIR played a key role in determining which vehicles would be best suited for the job as well as how these can be modified to achieve maximum impact ...
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A solutions-driven approach to Africa’s environmental challenges

The CSIR is using its expertise and technologies to help understand how environmental issues affect security, access to resources and development in Africa. The organisation has partnered with universities and governments across Africa, as well as the U.S. Africa Command, which is responsible for...
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Launch of Postcode Meerkat surveillance system in Kruger National Park

A wide area surveillance system, known as the Postcode Meerkat, was today launched in Kruger National Park (KNP). South African National Parks (SANParks), Peace Parks Foundation and South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have partnered to research, develop and manufa...
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CSIR Optics Student Chapter competes internationally

The CSIR Optics Student Chapter (OSC) was recognised as a finalist among three other international student chapters in the community/youth outreach category at the Optical Society of America (OSA) Student Chapter and Local Section Excellence Prize ceremony held in Rochester, New York, last month....
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Three LiDAR systems successfully collect data simultaneously at same location

For the first time in South Africa laser scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) were able to operate three LiDAR measurement simultaneously in the same location to collect atmospheric backscatter data in Westville, Durban. This historic event took place at the LiD...
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CSIR researcher receives L'Ore'al-UNESCO Sub-Saharan Africa 2016 Award

A cell biologist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was awarded the 2016 L'Ore'al-UNESCO Sub-Saharan Africa Award for her work involving the use of cutting-edge microscopes and synthetic biology tools to understand how immune genes are regulated. For the past 18 years, t...
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MSQ Health partners with CSIR to make innovative health devices accessible

It is undeniable that technology has made life far easier and its impact is felt in every area of society, especially in health care. With new illnesses and diseases being diagnosed across the world, the importance of innovation in health care is becoming more and more necessary. MSQ Health and t...
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