Post by cjm on Oct 24, 2016 17:45:52 GMT
Disgusting, all this western, male science
South Africans invent the first new TV antenna in decades and usher in a new era of digital reception.
Hidetsugu Yagi’s enduring antenna design has lasted more than nine decades on rooftops from Sandton to Chicago. Yet it might not make its 100th birthday, thanks to three South African inventors. Designed to help South Africans – particularly low-income households – make the transition from analogue to digital TV broadcasts, the radically new foldable antenna is called DigiAnt. Its name reflects both its purpose (“digital antenna”) and its insect-like structure.
Co-inventors Dr André Fourie (executive chairman and founder of Poynting Antennas), Dr Derek Nitch (Poynting’s chief technical officer) and Eduard Walker, CEO of antenna-manufacturer TEMIC, spent the better part of a year dissecting, extruding, designing, cutting and testing designs to create a robust and affordable design.
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South Africans invent the first new TV antenna in decades and usher in a new era of digital reception.
Hidetsugu Yagi’s enduring antenna design has lasted more than nine decades on rooftops from Sandton to Chicago. Yet it might not make its 100th birthday, thanks to three South African inventors. Designed to help South Africans – particularly low-income households – make the transition from analogue to digital TV broadcasts, the radically new foldable antenna is called DigiAnt. Its name reflects both its purpose (“digital antenna”) and its insect-like structure.
Co-inventors Dr André Fourie (executive chairman and founder of Poynting Antennas), Dr Derek Nitch (Poynting’s chief technical officer) and Eduard Walker, CEO of antenna-manufacturer TEMIC, spent the better part of a year dissecting, extruding, designing, cutting and testing designs to create a robust and affordable design.
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