Projects
The CSIR's 76 year-plus track record is one of many technological innovations and successful interventions. All of these breakthroughs and highlights first started as a project or part of a project in one of our laboratories or research groups. Read more about ongoing or recently completed CSIR projects.
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The CSIR has developed a tender package and evaluation criteria to assist the East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ) with procuring electricity generated from renewable sources, specifical
Nineteen sites around South Africa are being monitored for radiation through an online radiation monitoring system developed as a custom Internet of Things (IoT) solution by the CSIR under a contra
The CSIR has developed a fingerprint system which uses optical coherence tomography (OCT).
Cyber security experts at the CSIR supported a municipality that had experienced an information network security breach.
The CSIR and Aerosud Innovation Centre, an aeronautical engineering and manufacturing company, have developed an advanced 3D printer for metal components as part of project Aeroswift.
The CSIR together with the Medical Research Council, have developed and tested a low-cost Doppler ultrasound device that aims to place Doppler technology at the primary healthcare level.
South Africa lost R71.4 billion to food waste in 2013, according to CSIR estimates. The economic, social and environmental costs of food waste are being increasingly recognised.
The impact of plastic pollution on the environment is a growing concern.