Registerable IP

Agriculture has increasingly incorporated and become reliant on integration & communication technology (ICT) for farming. Farmers seeking to increase profitability, efficiency, and safety of their businesses are steadily adopting the use of precision agriculture, advanced devices and robotic systems...

RetCAD is a class IIa CE-certified software product using Artificial Intelligence that analyses colour fundus images for the presence of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Diabetic Retinopathy (DR), and glaucoma with the newest version. The performance of RetCAD is at the same level as...

During the refinement process, coal plants produce fine coal that is often considered a waste product. Green Coal has two applications. Firstly, to produce briquettes from the fine coal which are suitable for industrial applications. Secondly, Green Coal can be purposed to absorbing harmful gaseous...

Optimal crop yield is pivotal to meeting market food demands and increasing the cost-efficacy for farmers. The REDgrow technology is intended to manipulate the transmittance spectra, or wavelength, of light in order to reach the photosynthetic region of plants. A part of this technology is the use...

Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies offer zero emissions and are a clean alternative to fossil fuels. HySA Systems, at the University of the Western Cape, have made improvements in the performance, reliability and cost competitiveness of fuel cell components and systems. These have been demonstrated...

Geasy: The Smart Geyser System

Together the smart geyser controller and consumer management devices form a system that enables considerable water and electricity savings. The system monitors the geyser in real-time and allows the consumer to set an optimal heating scheduling. Using an online...

SharkSafe Barrier: Net Free, Shark Free This barrier overwhelms sharks’ sensory system by stimulating their electro-receptors, and effective repellent that does not affect other bony fish and marine life. This means that demarcated areas of the sea can be kept shark free with a device that is not as...

Biofiltration System: Simplified Clean Water To treat wastewater in a contact reactor, a biofilm consisting of a mixed population of microorganisms has been developed to serve as a biological scrubber. After formation in the reactor, the biofilm breaks down and removes organic contaminants. When one...