On Friday the 22nd of August, Stellenbosch High School hosted its annual Golf Day. Zeallous Racing together with their F1 in Schools team, Team Zeallous had the opportunity to set up a display at the tee of the 7th hole. Continue Reading »
Hugo Minnaar, manager of Zeallous Racing, recently participated in the regional round of the Eskom Expo for Young Scientist. His Expo was about the engineering crisis in South Africa. It is a fact that there is way to few engineers in South Africa.
On Wednesday 20 August, Zeallous Racing went to Westcliff High School to help them with Solid Edge. Unfortunately the computers they work with can only run Solid Edge V11 while V20 is already out. Despite the limitation they quickly learned the basics and within an hour they started experimenting with their own ideas. We hope to see a competitive F1 team within the next year.
Johannes Jonker, brand ambassador for Hip2B2, did an interview with Hugo Minnaar regarding his company Zeallous for his Hip2B2 project.
Hugo, you recently founded the Zeallous Company. What exactly is the company’s philosophy and function?
That is correct. Zeallous on its own is a brand name. It stands for eco-friendly quality and promotes the sustainable use of resources. When one sees Zeallous it must reflect high quality and good clean fun without destroying our beautiful planet. Zeallous connects its name to different projects and companies which will operate according to the same values.
On Wednesday, 25 June 2008, the first of many workshops for start-up F1 in Schools teams was held. It was organised by Zeallous Racing, with the gracious help of the staff at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Stellenbosch. The event was held at the Mechanical Engineering department at the faculty’s buildings and teams and staff from as far as Kayalitsha attended.
