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This Is How You Make A Music Video Now
Popular Mechanics South Africa

This Is How You Make A Music Video Now

The band OK Go uses technology, ingenuity and mildly dangerous stunts to reinvent a dying genre. After 350 million views, they tell their secrets.

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6 mins  |
November 2017
Taming Dust
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Taming Dust

The Absa Cape Epic is eight unforgiving days in the saddle – and is the original stage race to stream live footage from out in the field, thanks to Dimension Data. Lindsey Schutters visited the Oak Valley race village to find out more.

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4 mins  |
November 2017
War Reporter For A day
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War Reporter For A day

Delta Force taught me how to drive a Tahoe. I brought a drone to film it.

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4 mins  |
November 2017
To Boldly Go
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To Boldly Go

South Africa’s stillborn space programme has been rebooted and our next generation of space scientists is lifting off

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4 mins  |
November 2017
Cut & Paste
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Cut & Paste

The Story of Crispr-Cas9 and Why Gene Editing Will Change Everything.

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9 mins  |
January 2017
Data Dilemma
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Data Dilemma

The #DataMustFall hashtag may have fallen, but that’s not true of data prices.Are we paying too much for information? Lumka Nofemele investigates.

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5 mins  |
April 2017
Security in Numbers
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Security in Numbers

Big Data is profoundly changing the way we understand and shape our world. Its potential as a force for good threatens be overshadowed, though, by its role in establishing crime on an industrial scale. But there are upsides to the connected world.

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5 mins  |
April 2017
Printing A Revolution
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Printing A Revolution

Digital textile printing has landed in South Africa. Lumka Nofemele explores how this technology is not only creating artistic pieces in record time, but is also boosting our economy – and environment.

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3 mins  |
February 2018
making the world smarter
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making the world smarter

the future of the smart home is all about self-awareness and one innovative south african is trading blows with industry big hitters in the war for control over the internet of things. lindsey schutters finds out how he is doing it.

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7 mins  |
february 2017
magnificent obsession
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magnificent obsession

what’s so special about comic books, dvds, hat moulds and antique radios? you can’t have just one. three very different individuals talk about their collections.

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4 mins  |
february 2017