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Postcard of the Banff Springs Hotel, featuring the Canadian Rockies, Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

The Canadian Railway Hotels

Kristy von Moos

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

This text has been adapted from the Picturing the Past website, developed by the Canada Science and Technology Museum in 2006. In addition to building the rail system across the country, Canada’s two national railway companies (Canadian National Railways and the Canadian Pacific Railway) built a string of grand hotels in the major cities and resort areas of the nation.

Museum visitors take an inter-planetary adventure with virtual reality technology

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

If you’ve ever dreamed of exploring a distant planet, now’s your chance – and you don’t even have to leave Ottawa to do it. This spring, the public is invited to test-drive a virtual reality application at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. The application – called Minerva Prime – is being developed by a group of students from Algonquin College. Dushan Horvat, the professor for the Game Development class working on Minerva Prime, explains the application’s theme. “Humankind has already

A nineteenth-century coach decorated with gold leaf and the Royal Coat of Arms

Industrial Transfers and the Art of Decalcomania: Collection Profile

Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation

Industrial transfers were a form of decal commonly used in Canada, and around the world, replacing the expensive method of hand painting coats of arms, trademarks, signs, ornaments, letters and numbers on railway equipment, ships and industrial machinery.

Two United Air Lines, Incorporated loading stands, the old vs. the new. Anon., “Air Transport – Keeping up with the ‘New Look’.” Aviation Week, 22 March 1948, 46.

A new look at a stairway to heaven

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

How are you today, my reading friend? Are you in need of a leg up? If so, search no more for yours truly has what you need. Behold, one small step for a woman, many small steps for womankind! Sorry, sometimes I get carried away – or upward. Being somewhat lazy by nature, yes, yes, it’s true, I thought best to tell part of our story by quoting the brief text that accompanied the photo above.

Google Arts & Culture virtual exhibition screenshot, featuring the Central Experimental Farm

Ingenium reaches international audiences through Google Arts & Culture app

Kristy von Moos

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Google Arts & Culture recently made headlines with its selfie-to-painting recognition app, as people eagerly tried out a new facial recognition feature to see if they resemble the Mona Lisa or van Gogh. What many people don’t know is that Google Arts & Culture has been around since 2011 – and is partnered with museums and galleries across the globe. Ingenium has been a partner in this world-wide initiative since 2015. So, why would a science and technology-focused organization be featured in an

Educational resources put 3D artifacts into the hands of Canadian students

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

A 3D scanner, a pair of hackers, and a whole lot of creativity is bringing a unique artifact from the Canada Science and Technology Museum to life in Canadian classrooms. It all started last year, when a zoetrope – a pre-film animation device that produces the illusion of motion – was selected as one of several artifacts to be scanned for educational purposes.

Clumping together of Janus molecules after binding with E.coli substitute

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The Future of Food Safety: Bacterial Detection through a Smartphone

Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation

Researchers at MIT and the Max Planck Institute have developed a method for quick, on-site E. coli detection in food. While current food safety testing either requires days to complete or expensive equipment, this new method, paired with a smartphone and QR code, will make testing inexpensive and portable. The new detection process uses Janus emulsions, droplets consisting of two hemispheres of different densities. In water, the less dense, hydrocarbon hemisphere sits above the denser hemisphere

Meet an Innovator: Baran Faber, BassBus

Can art and transportation have a symbiotic relationship? The BassBus team creatively answers that question. This incredible vehicle serves Calgary and beyond as everything from mobile stage and music venue to a roving DJ sound system, and even a community art exhibition space. In this video presented by TELUS Spark, Baran Faber, Co-Founder and President of BassBus, shares stories about the innovative design and programming of BassBus. To learn more about BassBus, visit www.bassbus.ca.

Meet an Innovator: Eveline Kolijn, Print Maker and Mixed Media Artist

Artist Eveline Kolijn, draws her inspiration from the natural world that surrounds us and the amazing patterns found in nature. She has expanded on her training as a print maker to incorporate non-traditional materials into her artistic practice. In this video presented by TELUS Spark, Eveline speaks about how viewing a material in a new way led to further artistic exploration. For more information about Eveline, visit her website at: www.evelinekolijn.com.

Pratim Sengupta

Pratim Sengupta, Researcher in STEM Education

Dr. Pratim Sengupta is creating new methods and tools for teaching complex systems and programming skills for learners of all ages. Using open-source code, Pratim and his team have developed an interactive exhibit that visitors can not only engage with directly, but they can also modify the underlying coding that is controlling the experience. To learn more about Pratim and his work, visit his website at: www.pratim.net.

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