Supplement to Financial Mail   4 August 2006 CONTENTS

EDITOR'S NOTE Don Pilkington offered something special to many inventors

PERSONALITY Makhup Nyama

COVER STORY A government project is using "waste" materials to build attractive low-cost homes

Testing a theory

OUTFRONT Despite its excellent technology, DataVoice fell behind the competition on world markets, but things are changing

World first

Business brains don't let the big ideas get away

Test of business savvy

Inventive students keep an eye on the market

IN MY VIEW

Don't panic over software law

SIDELINES SA speaks up in smartphone race

E-mail idea falls on fertile ground

What's up

A new take on an old tradition

New invention

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