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Defining the Innovation Consortium

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:59:38 +0000

This paper was written by VCI Partners Gideon Malherbe and Graeme Stanway. The paper explores the development and use of innovation consortiums to drive technological change in the mining sector.

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Innovative take on Scenarios

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:42:38 +0000

This was an internal exercise in creating scenarios. After creating the shocks and axis, we write fictional tales for these worlds. It is an exercise in imagination and innovation and we believe there is scope here to look at how we perceive the future in a new way.

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VCI Brochure

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:18:46 +0000

Recently we found Issuu, an online publication tool. Here we used it to upload our 2010 brochure. You can look through the brochure online or download it.

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The Future - Mechanized Workforce

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 11:21:40 +0000

Robot Technology has been part of popular culture since the second world war. Robots are slowly becoming a viable option to replace workforces in hard labour environments. Here VCI has used a Mash-up technique, popular with digital natives, to set the scene for a robot future.

Here are the links to the full videos that make up this mash-up:

2001 A Space Odyssey HAL9000

Airforce shows off the reaper unmanned plane

Boston Dynamics BIGDOG Robot

Da Vinci Surgical System at Doctors Medical Centre

DARPA Grand Challenge Stanford

Deep Sea Robot LOST at Sea off Chile ABE Autonomous Benthic Explorer

DigitalSpace Drill Jumbo underground mining simulation for Atlas-Copco (version 1)

Epson has 3 types of robots, Scara, Cartesian, 6 axis

EPSON Robots at Lab Automation 2010 (C3 G1 robots)

Guardium UGV G-Nius unmanned ground vehicle in action Israeli Army Israel

High-Speed Robot Hand

Honda Worldwide ASIMO

Industrial Robotics

Industrial robots synchronized cooperating with KUKA RoboTeam

International Robot Exhibition 2009

Isaac Asimov The Three Laws of Robotics

MINEGEM Underground Automation System

NXT Mining Robot

Original 1987 Trailer for Robocop

PETMAN Prototype

R2D2 Funny Clips

Robot Running

Robots with a mind of their own

The Iron Giant trailer

The Terminator Movie Trailer

Tmsuk T-52 Rescue Robot

TORNO CNC FUJI ANW 35

Transformers trailer

25 Year Future Scenario for South Africa

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 10:07:29 +0000

VCI put has put together various futures scenarios for the biggest resource and energy companies globally. This 25 year future was an internal exercise and has now been made available to any one interested in the future of South Africa.

We used the axis of Energy and Politics as these are two major influences in the South African social landscape currently.

New VCI Video – Technology

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:53:05 +0000

VCI Technology Video - Download mp4 here

This video explores the realm of possibilities that Technology and Innovation can bring to your business in today’s ever-changing and uncertain world.

The Art of Innovation

admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:52:09 +0000

New from Tom Kelley—The Ten Faces of Innovation follows The Art of Innovation with a look at the different roles people can play within an organization to promote a culture of innovation. To learn more, visit www.tenfacesofinnovation.com