This project provides a solution that alerts management if an Air Traffic Service Unit (ATSU) tower is unmanned during operational hours. The project makes provision for an access control with an automated on duty notification ...

The project arose as a result of the need to use the femtosecond laser to fabricate sub-micron and Nano-sized bridges that could be analyzed for the Josephson effect. The femtosecond laser has a low pulse duration of 130 ...

Ubiquitous computing is already weaving itself around us and it is connecting everything to the network of networks. This interconnection of objects to the internet is new computing paradigm called the Internet of Things ...

Users of telecommunication services are becoming more adamant about the quality of service offered by network service providers. Users are demanding performance levels which guarantee that user data will not suffer degradation ...

Electrical energy storage is very important. Energy storage devices such as batteries and capacitors can be used to store energy. In this dissertation we investigate the use of a supercapacitor or electric double-layer ...

Maize (zea mays) is the staple food of Southern Africa and most of the African regions. This staple food has been threatened by a lot of diseases in terms of its yield and existence. Within this domain, it is important ...

In this paper we report on the development of a new application of the femtosecond laser, namely, the fabrication of micron, sub-micron and nano sized constrictions on YBCO superconductive thin films. The fabricated micron, ...

This dissertation describes the development, design, implementation and evaluation of a data acquisition system, with the main aim of using it for data collection on a laboratory pilot ball mill. An open-source prototype ...

We live in a world with ever-increasing digital technology, hence the need for enhanced security systems is vital. In the past a simple PIN or password would have been sufficient to maintain the integrity of security ...

Home automation is an intelligent, functional as a unit system that facilitates home processes without unnecessarily complicating the user’s life. Devices can be connected, which in turn connect and talk through a ...