A new sleeping device that sits on a bedside table, a noise-blocking headset that also gives an acupressure massage which aids in studying and a woven baby sling and hammock , are just some of the new innovations entered by students in the CPUT Idea-Create Student Innovation Competition.

Hosted by the Technology Transfer Office the competition challenges students to think out of the box and come up with new products or services.

SLEEP: Industrial Design student Chanel Oosterhuizen with the cradle she designed

This year 40 students took up the challenge, with 12 selected to showcase their inventions at a recent awards ceremony.

Mechanical Engineering student, Dirk Muller, showcased his design of a user-friendly coastal bouy. Dirk has already manufactured a prototype and conducted numerous tests on his device that collects data for weather modeling and oceanographic research.

Civil Engineering student Katlego Montewa designed a “study plug” which is already being used by students at CPUT and the University of the Western Cape. The headset blocks out noise and uses acupuncture to relieve stress.

ENGINEER: Tshepo Kagtlle designed an app that will assist civil engineers to work on design programmes

Industrial Design student Chanel Oosterhuizen designed the “KNUS,” which is a woven baby sling that also functions as a cradle when attached to a weave hammock.

Other inventions included a portable clothes dryer, an app that controls a home’s energy use, a new steering device for an electric vehicle, a user-friendly backpack, egg-shell containers and an examination fraud app.

These innovative students were commended by social entrepreneur Marlon Parker, who is the founder of RLabs, a global movement that provides innovative solutions to address various complex problems.

COMFORT: Ryan Higgo shows off his backpack that will assist travellers during long hours at airports

Parker says innovators are everywhere but that it requires a skill to bring ideas into reality.

Deputy Director of Enterprise Development from the Western Cape Government, Deon Damons, whose office funded the competition, says universities are breeding grounds for innovators and that such competitions are key to increasing students’ involvement in innovation.

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CPUT is calling all budding student innovators to enter the CPUT Idea – Create Competition.

The competition, which will be launched at the start of the third term, challenges students to think big and come up with innovative ideas, products or business plans.

The competition is an initiative of the Technology Transfer Office and the Office of the Deputy-Vice Chancellor, Research, Technology Innovation and Partnerships. It was launched last year and has now become an annual feature on the CPUT calendar.

Competition coordinator Halimah Rabiu says last year they had a huge response from students across all six faculties, who came up with innovative ideas, developed products and wrote winning business proposals.

Rabiu says this year they hope students will think even bigger and showcase their originality and creative ideas.

Those who do manage to impress the judges, will walk off with cash prizes as well as a once in a lifetime opportunity to commercialize.

More information on the competition will be made available at the start of the third term in July.

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CPUT students are urged to think out of the box and come up with innovative ideas, products or business plans.

This Monday, the annual CPUT Idea-Create Competition gets underway.

The competition, which will run throughout the month of August, invites all students to showcase their talent and creativity in technical projects or business ideals that have the potential to be commercialised.

The competition is an initiative of the Technology Transfer Office and the Office of the Deputy-Vice Chancellor, Research, Technology Innovation and Partnerships. It was launched last year and has now become an annual feature on the CPUT calendar.

Competition coordinator Halimah Rabiu says last year they had a huge response from students across all six faculties, who came up with innovative ideas, developed products and wrote winning business proposals.

Rabiu says this year they hope students will think even bigger and showcase their originality and creative ideas.

Those who do manage to impress the judges, will walk off with cash prizes of up to R20 000 as well as a once in a lifetime opportunity to commercialize.

Please see the attached entry form or check you’re myCPUT email account for more details on the competition.

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CPUT is the breeding ground for South Africa’s future innovators and entrepreneurs.

Thanks to the Idea-Create Student Innovation Competition, students were given the opportunity to develop innovative products, service and business plans.

The brainchild of the Technology Transfer Office and the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer, this inaugural competition was a huge success, drawing close to 50 innovative entries.

Competition coordinator Halimah Rabiu says all the entries were very impressive.

“This was a difficult task, but the students all stepped up to the challenge. They produced good business plans and novel ideas. All the students should be proud of themselves,” says Rabiu.

Simon Longela, a Mechanical Engineering student, clinched first prize in the postgraduate category for the design of a high-tech artificial hand. The artificial hand, unlike conventional prosthetic limbs, shares a number of properties of a human hand.

Runner up in the postgraduate category was Electrical Engineering student Paul Bayendang and Information Technology student Melo Forchu who took third place.        

The winners of the undergraduate category were Mechanical Engineering student Tshitso Mosolodi and Building student Mohlomi Raliile. This creative duo designed a USB that has a number of innovative security features.            

Close on their heels, were joint third prize winners, Accounting student Vuyelwa Skosana and Industrial Design student Gavin Redman.          

Dr Chris Nhlapo, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer, says CPUT is creating the right platform for students to become inventors.

Nhlapo urged the winners to take their ideas and products a step further and commercialise them.

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CPUT’s Prof Gary Atkinson-Hope has been selected to sit on one of South Africa’s most prestigious advisory boards.

The Director of the Technology Transfer Office, Atkinson-Hope will form part of the National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) Advisory Board.

Board members were appointed by the Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor.

The advisory board was established according to the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act 51 of 2008. The main function of the advisory board will be to advise NIMPO on its functions and duties.

NIPMO’s core function is to promote this Act, which governs the management and commercialisation of intellectual property that emanates from publicly financed research.  

The organisation is also responsible for helping higher education institutions to set up technology transfer offices.

Atkinson-Hope, who has been driving innovation at CPUT, says being part of the board will provide him with the opportunity to ensure that the country moves forward in terms of Intellectual Property.

“I am extremely honoured and humbled to be appointed to such a prestigious board,” says Atkinson-Hope.

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A treatment system developed by a team of innovators at CPUT’s Flow Process and Rheology Centre is set to boost the textile industry by significantly reducing the amount of potable water the industry uses.

“We are developing a one-step treatment reactor using locally developed nanopowders for treating textile wastewater. This treatment system offers an almost instantaneous removal of the colour from the water,” says the Centre’s Prof Veruscha Fester.

“This treatment system will not only be able to treat wastewater for disposal to municipal treatment systems, but to a standard suitable for re-use. If the water can be re-used, millions of litres of potable water will be saved.”

Fester is developing the treatment reactor with the Centre’s Dr Mahabubur Chowdhury and Gunnar Visser.

The laboratory prototype has already been upscaled from 6 L/hour to 72 L/hour.

Fester says R4.8 million has been received from the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) Technology Development Fund to upscale the reactor to a 1 000 L/hour industrial prototype in the next year.

“The textile industry is really coming on board. Some of the companies use about 2 million litres of water a month so if we can save at least 75 percent of that water to be recycled and re-used on site – that will make a huge difference.”

The initial research was also started from TIA seed funding administered by CPUT’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO).

The TTO has subsequently filed a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application. It is hoped that a spin-off company will be formed in South Africa that will provide further social benefits beyond water treatment, including the creation of jobs.

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The CPUT Technology Transfer Office recently hosted an engagement session by members of the National Department of Science and Technology (DST) on the Intellectual Property Rights from the Publicly Financed Research and Development Act.

The Act, which comes into effect on 15 April this year, regulates the manner in which Intellectual Property emanating from publicly funded research is identified, protected, utilised and commercialised.

Addressing CPUT researchers and other staff members on 11 March 2010, DST Specialist in Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Nomkhosi Madwe said the Act aimed to tackle inconsistencies in the way in which institutions manage intellectual property in South Africa.

She said the legislation would help pass on the social and economic benefits of publicly funded research which emanates from academic institutions to South African society.

The DST representative cited the example of the successful rise of the biotechnology industry in the United States, which could be attributed to similar legislation.

According to the DST, although their Department’s budget for publicly funded research is currently R4 billion, only 5% of current South African patents are based on research derived from government funding.

Under the Act, each institution that receives public funds is obliged to create capacity by, for example, setting up a Technology Transfer Office to assist researchers at the institution with matters pertaining to the protection and commercialisation of their research, the implementation of the Act and the regulations in general.

The Act entitles researchers, whose intellectual property was derived from publicly funded research to 20% of initial gross revenue from the commercialisation of that intellectual property and 30% of nett revenue. In such circumstances, ownership of the intellectual property lies with the institution.

In projects that are jointly subsidised by the government and private donors, the Act allows for joint ownership of intellectual property.

Intellectual property not derived from government sponsorship does not fall under the Act.

“The Act should not be viewed in isolation. It is part of a ten-year innovation plan. We are trying to move South Africa from a resource-based economy to a knowledge-based economy,” Madwe said.

Theo Hendrickse, outgoing Director of the Technology Transfer Office, responded to the presentation by acknowledging that although this is new territory for CPUT, getting the process right would greatly benefit the institution’s stakeholders.

“This is not about compliance. This is about change management” he said.

Hendrickse indicated that the DST presentation was the first of many conversations that the Technology Transfer Office would facilitate at the institution in connection with this new legislation.

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CPUT students are thinking big.

A wide range of bright ideas and products was showcased at this year’s CPUT Idea-Create Student Innovation Competition.

A beer keg that has been recycled into a barbeque, a snack dryer, a solar wonder cooker and a device to find lost items, are just some of the inventions thought out by students.

Director of the Technology Transfer Office, Prof Gary Atkinson-Hope says the competition is in its third year and is gaining popularity, with more than 70 students taking up this year’s challenge.

This year’s top innovators hailed from the Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Departments.

A group of Industrial Engineering students created The Braai Tool, a sleek-looking and versatile device that can be used as a bottle opener, tongs, fork and spatula.

“We are ecstatic and positive about the future of the braai tool,” says Sebastian Bosman, who represented the group at the prize giving.

The invention was part of the BTech Industrial Design R5k project, an official World Design Capital project that tasked students with producing and selling a product with the ultimate aim of earning R5000 or more.

Mechanical Engineering student, Musa Morgan, created a unique pair of briefs called Manhood Underwear. The briefs are designed for use by males after they are circumcised and assist in the healing process by protecting the area that was operated on.

“I feel honoured to have won this prize,” says Musa who plans to take his idea further and turn it into a business.

Musa, along with a group of four friends also scored another prize at the competition for the design of their website, Ad4All, an online classifieds for students.

Guest speaker at the event, entrepreneur Vuyisa Qubaka, encourage students to keep on innovating.

“The most successful entrepreneurs succeed because they are passionate,” he says.

“They moved from trying to do something to mastering it. Work on something because you are passionate about it.”

Deputy Director of Enterprise Development from the Western Cape Government, Deon Damons, whose office has funded many of CPUT’s innovative students, says the ideas unveiled at the competition have the potential to grow into big businesses.

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The Technology Transfer Office’s Contracts Manager, Marlin Fransman, has returned from an academic residency in Colorado, a program under the Colorado Department of Higher Education.

The program is part of the EducationUSA Leadership Institute for which Fransman was selected by the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education in December.

The EducationUSA Leadership Institute is a new initiative to increase the participants’ understanding of U.S. higher education and provide them with an opportunity to engage with the sector in effective and sustained ways.

The leadership institute consisted of virtual training webinars in January, a three-day orientation in Washington DC from February 10 and an 11-day Academic Residency in Colorado.

Following his residency will be a number of virtual training sessions in the coming four months.

Participants in the Leadership Institute came from countries as far as India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Philippines, Ghana, Columbia, Vietnam and Brazil.

“I am extremely grateful for the opportunity and it was an honour and privilege to be selected to participate in the inaugural EducationUSA Leadership Institute,” says Fransman.

The institute focuses on exploring collaboration between higher education and industry around curriculum development, workforce development, research, development and innovation and learning about the US higher education in general.

“I visited a number of universities and community colleges in Colorado and had the opportunity to speak to a number of educators regarding these topics,” he says.

“I believe that my participation in this Leadership Institute will allow me to make a meaningful and positive contribution to CPUT and the community.”

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CPUT is looking for fresh ideas in its annual Idea-Create Student Innovation Competition 2014.

The competition has been running for the past two years and so far has uncovered some of CPUT’s most innovative students.

From last year’s entries, three patents were registered and the ideas of six students have been turned into products, says competition coordinator Halimah Rabiu.

“This competition is a great opportunity for students,” she says.

Hosted by the Technology Transfer Office (TTO), the competition challenges students to come up with new products, services or business plans.

Rabiu says it’s the ideal platform to help budding innovators turn their ideas into successful products and help students start their own businesses.

Those who enter are invited to attend a series of workshops presented by industry experts, who will share tips on innovation and how to start a business.

Thereafter students will have to submit their business plans to the TTO, with the finalist afforded the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a panel of industry experts.

Students who come up with the best ideas will walk away with cash prizes and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to commercialize.

Competition entries close on 30 August 2014.

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From saving the world to keeping heart disease at bay, CPUT has the solution to everyday problems.

Thanks to staff and students who are thinking out of the box, the university will host its inaugural CPUT Innovation Showcase on Thursday, 6 August 2015 at the Bellville Campus.

The showcase will celebrate the innovative efforts of the CPUT community and will allow the public, investors, business people, product scouts, government officials and the media the opportunity to interact with inventors and see first-hand how CPUT is changing the world.

The event, which is hosted by the Technology Transfer Office,  will showcase 35 innovative products, most of which are either patent or trademark protected.

The event will take place from 11am to 8pm and entrance is free.

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CPUT students are being urged to think out of the box and take part in the 2014 Idea-Create Student Innovation Competition.

The competition has been running for the past two years and so far has uncovered some of CPUT’s most innovative students.

From last year’s entries, three patents were registered and the ideas of six students have been turned into products, says competition coordinator Halimah Rabiu.

“This competition is a great opportunity for students,” she says.

Hosted by the Technology Transfer Office (TTO), the competition challenges students to come up with new products, services or business plans.

Rabiu says it’s the ideal platform to help budding innovators turn their ideas into successful products and to help students start their own businesses.

Those who enter are invited to attend a series of workshops presented by industry experts, who will share tips on innovation and how to start a business.

Thereafter students will have to submit their business plans to the TTO, with the finalist afforded the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a panel of industry experts.

Rabiu says students who manage to come up with the best ideas will walk away with cash prizes and a once in a lifetime opportunity to commercialize.

The competition will be launched early next month.

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Are you a CPUT undergraduate or postgraduate who is innovative, creative and ready to see your idea grow?

If so, then enter the idea > create Student Innovation Competition 2015 and stand a chance to win up to R20 000 cash and the opportunity to commercialise your idea.

The idea > create Student Innovation Competition is an annual competition that is hosted by the Technology Transfer Office(TTO). It challenges students to come up with new products, services or business solutions.

So far the competition has been a huge success - several patents have been registered and the ideas of students have been turned into products.

Students are can enter an idea, design, project, prototype, innovation or a business solution.

Those who enter are then invited to attend a series of workshops presented by industry experts, who share tips on innovation and how to start a business.

Thereafter students will have to submit their business plans to the TTO, with the finalist afforded the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a panel of industry experts.

Students who come up with the best ideas will walk away with cash prizes and a once in a lifetime opportunity to commercialise.

Watch out for campus promotions of the competition, which will feature live DJs and spot prizes:

Bellville Campus: 13 August 2015

Cape Town Campus: 17 August 2015

Competition registration closes 4 September 2015.

For more information contact the TTO at +27 21 959 6879 or +27 21 959 6044.

Download the application form here

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CPUT has been selected to participate in an international project that will help universities conceptualize an entrepreneurial vision and implement it in order to benefit all spheres of South Africa.

EMISha, short for Entrepreneurship, Modernization and Innovation in South Africa, is funded by the European Union and forms part of the Erasmus+ Key Action 2: Capacity Building in Higher Education programme. The project is one of six Erasmus + Capacity Building projects in which CPUT is currently actively involved in. Partners in the various projects include higher education institutions and organizations from Europe and South Africa.

Business Manager at the Technology Transfer Office, Chris Lombard, who is a key participant in EMISha, says the vision of the project is to “co-create holistically relevant universities through innovation and entrepreneurship,” with the objective to “embed entrepreneurial thinking in South African universities for the benefit of society.”

Universities must not be viewed as institutions that only produce graduates but must be relevant to society by playing a role in enterprise creation, poverty alleviation and the development of the South African economy, says Lombard.

“Entrepreneurship must become a systematic part of how we do business. This will help us fulfill our role in South Africa.”

Lombard says while there are various entrepreneurial related initiatives running across CPUT departments and units, the project will look at pulling all role-players together with the objective to create an institutional entrepreneurial vision.

“The focus is on a culture change in CPUT towards entrepreneurial thinking.”

For example, Lombard says graduates should not merely be job seekers, but should have the mindset of a “job creator,” while research must be relevant to society, addressing pertinent issues.

The project also compliments CPUT’s Research, Technology and Innovation (RTI) Blueprint, a strategic policy document that guides CPUT’s research and innovation activities. The RTI blueprint advocates the production of research and innovation that is relevant and aligned to the needs of the province, the country, the continent and the world through knowledge discovery, excellence in teaching, and service.

The EMISha project is set to run over a two year period and will entail workshops, as well as staff site visits to the various participating European institutions.

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Already established as a regional leader in the field of nanosatellites, a new company, Amaya Space has been set up by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), and is set to launch the institution to even greater heights.

In 2013 CPUT made history with the launch of ZACUBE-1, South Africa’s and Africa’s first nanosatellite.

ZACUBE-2, which will be the most advanced South African CubeSat to date, is set to be launched soon.

Radio systems and other technologies developed at the University are also used in many satellites from around the world.

Now the university has taken the next step - setting up a company which aims to be the first truly transformed space company, by Africans for Africans.

The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) at CPUT is a key enabler of this initiative. Dr Revel Iyer, Director of the TTO, says it is critical for our nation and continent that a strong, African-born nanosatellite company emerges. South Africa has a couple of nanosatellite industry players. “However, these companies are generally not truly transformed and representative of our nation’s demographics as none of them are being run by black South Africans; none of them focus on employing young black South African engineering graduates; and none of them are well positioned to be the preferred supplier for South African Government. This company will furthermore aim to catalyse a transformational supplier development programme,” says Iyer.

“We have a collective body of knowledge - intellectual property - that we have created within CPUT which we are mandated to commercialise,” says Professor Robert van Zyl, director of the French South African Institute of Technology (F’SATI) at CPUT.

“We want to respond to national directives like government’s Operation Phakisa. Nanosatellite solutions can provide services to support Operation Phakisa, for example in the maritime domain.”

The company will aim to deliver fully functional “CubeSat” constellations primarily to the South African government as well as governments elsewhere on the African continent while striving to serve a role in the building and transformation of the emerging space industry.

“CPUT has been successful, at academic and research levels, to give previously disadvantaged students opportunities. We also employ them in our Africa Space Innovation Centre as engineers-in-training. The expectation is that they will feed into and drive the company, and indeed the whole industry,” says Van Zyl.

“CPUT continues to play a pivotal role in the research, innovation and commercial development of the South African and African space industries. This puts us in quite a unique situation for already having established this complete value chain in a new, technologically disruptive industry. By having a vibrant industry that can take up research it will catalyse further research within the university and conversely that will translate into more competitive products and services for the industry.”

The CPUT Satellite Programme is hosted by the French South African Institute of Technology and is strategically supported by the South African government through The Department of Science and Technology, The SA National Space Agency, The National Research Foundation and Development Finance Institutions. Our key industry partners include Stone Three and Etse Electronics in South Africa, and Clyde Space in Scotland.

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In an effort to promote sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics and innovation, the STEM Club offered students a platform to exhibit their best research projects to the CPUT community.

This year's category winners are Mzameli Mashiyi, who is developing an African language speech recognition AI (Technology) and Nomava Mgidi, who is addressing unemployment through fashion design (Social Science).

This was part of the annual STEM Expo Competition at SARETEC as part of the National Science Week, where students were given opportunities to upscale their research projects via the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) for possible commercialisation. During this year's Expo Competition, the STEM Club worked closely with the Community Engagement (CE) and Work Integrated Learning (WIL) units. The neighbouring high school learners were also invited to be part of the programme and to view the exhibitions. CE and WIL also conducted a workshop with the learners.

The guest speakers included Jacqueline Scheepers: Manager: Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Unit, Dr Xena Cupido: Fundani CHED director, Dr Mark Jacobs: Maths lecturer, Dr Gillian Arendse: Nuclear Physicist for iThemba Labs), and Ntokozo Mashaba: last year's winner. Dr Frikkie George, who is also CPUT STEM Support Lead, said the lively and animated talk of Dr Arendse “gapped the interest of the attendees”.

George, who also coordinated the event, said they witnessed fewer exhibitors this year but “the quality of the projects was impressive”.

However, the STEM Expo Competition was well attended. “We explore the possibility of accessing funding for the winners to up-scale their projects for commercialisation. This event showcases the CPUT STEM Club's members' research projects, and it may contribute to their academic performance.”

George, who is also the acting Head of Department: Fundani STARS Unit, continued: “This STEM Expo competition will advance the STEM awareness at CPUT and showcase students' research projects in the different departments.”

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