Cultural Practices Rendered Safe Human Geophagia, a phenomenon widely practised especially in Africa, is the craving and deliberate ingestion of clayey soils. It is frequently practised by women...
Waterless Toilet We have developed a waterless toilet-biogas plant system, inspired by nature’s distinctive ability to reserve energy and maintain zero waste. South Africa and Africa struggle to...
This tower treats grey water at the source allowing reuse and recycling of this increasingly precious commodity. The tower consists of several layers of mostly waste items, which together act to...
Even though water quality in South Africa has historically been of a high standard the Department of Water and Sanitation’s infrastructure has deteriorated and become increasingly overextended....
Senso® : Lifesaving Tech for Deaf and Hard Of Hearing Designed specifically for the hearing impaired the Senso® is a wrist-wearable device that detects life-threatening sounds and alerts the...
Laboratory Experimentation Tool The Africhino Quasi-Computer is an inexpensive, open source software and hardware electronic device, designed to support portable laboratory apparatus. It operates...
A lighting fixture that is designed as a surface mounted holder for down lights. This surface mounted unit eliminates the need to install additional wiring and wall switches when increasing the...
Umbiflow is a medical device that measures the resistance index (RI) in the umbilical cord of a foetus. Plotting the RI against gestational age, a single reading can be used to determine the level...
Plant Produced Biologics Cape Bio Pharms (CBP) is an exciting company to commercialise the biotechnology developed by the Biopharming Research Unit at UCT. CBP's aim is to develop a world-class...
Mobify Tracker: Fleet Management Solutions This technology provides an innovative series vehicle tracking and fleet management packages. MobifyTracker is a fleet management solutions package which...
We have developed a technology, which relates to an enriched extract and single active compound from rooibos tea. This compound has a demonstrable effect against a variety of metabolic disorders,...
Medical 3D Printing Pipeline The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Division of Biomedical Engineering (UCT BME) strives to create cost effective designs and use innovative materials to ‘3D print’...
