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From the editor's desk: Do you have a technosignature?
March 2023, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Sometimes it can be difficult to get the balance right between having your head in the sand and lying awake worrying about things you can’t control. I am enormously cheered up when I think about some ...

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From the editor's desk: A pyramid built upon sand
November 2022, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Although it’s often (rightly) said that statistics don’t lie, in my experience they very seldom tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

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From the editor's desk: It’s good to be back
October 2022, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Exhibiting companies put their best foot forward to take advantage of Electra Mining Africa to network with other people in the industry and show off their wares.

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From the editor's desk: The future is abstract
September 2022, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
The automation industry is exceptionally good at most things, but not so good at dealing with disruptive change – after all, it is called disruptive for a reason.

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From the editor's desk: Today’s seed, tomorrow’s shade
Technews Industry Guide: Sustainable Manufacturing 2022, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Today’s captains of industry did not create the environmental problems we face, but they inherited this poisoned chalice and so it falls upon them to rinse it clean.

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From the editor's desk: Beware the somewhat knowledgeable engineer
August 2022, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
‘Somewhat knowledgeable’ is functionally equivalent to ‘partially ignorant’, and in the engineering world that is simply not good enough.

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From the editor's desk: Are you shedding me?
July 2022, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Our government and its state-owned companies have a well-deserved reputation for either not executing on their plans, or doing so poorly, which often has even more disastrous consequences than having no plan at all.

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From the editor's desk: Come for the sunshine, stay for the loot
June 2022, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Last year’s announcement by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy that it was raising the registration threshold for self-generating electricity providers from 1 MW to 100 MW was widely lauded ...

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From the editor's desk: What does blockchain mean for you?
May 2022, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Key drivers include authorised analysis of real-time data, enhanced visibility, preventive maintenance, energy efficiency and convergence of IT and OT.

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From the editor's desk: The gods must be angry
April 2022, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
The thoughts and prayers of the SA Instrumentation & Control team go out to those who suffered loss from the catastrophic flooding in KZN.

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From the editor's desk: May I have your attention please?
March 2022, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Since most of you have no idea who I am, I thought it would be appropriate to use my first editor’s column to introduce myself.

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From the editor's desk: Is additive manufacturing poised to go mainstream?
March 2021, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
As digital manufacturing technology pushes its way further towards the production floor, additive manufacturing (3D printing) is emerging as a viable option to complement the more traditional methods ...

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From the editor's desk: Continuity and leadership
February 2022, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
It was with great sadness that we recently announced the sudden death of our esteemed colleague and the editor of SA Instrumentation & Control, Steven Meyer. Steven will be greatly missed by our industry. ...

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From the editor's desk: 2022 must be the year SA gets its vaccination act together
January 2022, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), Editor's Choice, News
This is his last "From the editor's desk" that Steven Meyer wrote before his death in early January 2022.

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