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An image of Anne Frank

Engineering & Technology

Take a virtual reality tour of Anne Frank’s house

Lindsay Wolcott

You don’t need to travel all the way to Amsterdam to see the Anne Frank House. The museum recently launched a 25-minute virtual reality tour that takes you through the rooms—hidden behind an Amsterdam canal-side house—where Anne wrote her diary. Read the full article and watch a trailer for the virtual reality tour.

Kirsty Duncan, TED Talks 2018

Engineering & Technology

Scientists must be free to learn, to speak and to challenge

"Science is humanity's best effort at uncovering the truth about our world, about our very existence." Kirsty Duncan, Canada's Minister of Science, makes the case that researchers must be free to present uncomfortable truths and challenge the thinking of the day -- and that we all have a duty to speak up when we see science being stifled or suppressed. #ScienceAroundMe

Engineering & Technology

Decoding the Dance of the Honey Bee, in Real-Time

Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation

Since the deciphering of the honey bee ‘waggle’ in the 1920’s by Karl von Frisch, researchers have been measuring the dance-like form of communication that allows bees to convey direction and distance to a food source. While this observation process was initially manual and time-consuming – requiring humans, protractors, and stopwatches – techniques have evolved with technology. Recently, a team from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Free University of Berlin, Germany

An artists impression of a neural network.

Engineering & Technology

Microsoft AI Masters "Ms. Pac-Man"

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Have you ever played Ms. Pac-Man? If so... have you played over 3000 rounds of it? Because that's how long it took for a Microsoft Artificially Intelligent program called Maluuba to learn how to get the highest possible score in the game, 999999. Check out how it did it... and don't worry, there's no worry of this AI taking over the world.

Atoms-thick layer of silicon-based semiconductor may allow us to better understand the harsh environments of Venus

Earth & Environment

Atoms-thick layer of silicon-based semiconductor may allow us to better understand the harsh environments of Venus

In 1967, Venera 4 was the 1st probe to transmit data from another planet’s atmosphere. 8 models, and close to 15 years, later we were able to receive the 1st colour panoramic views of that same planet’s surface. Today, Venus still very much remains a mystery with probes unable to withstand the extreme temperatures and atmospheric pressures for more than 127 minutes. However, researchers at Standford University’s Extreme Environment Microsystems Laboratory are working on developing an atoms-thick

The robotic arm grasping a smooth metal tube.

Engineering & Technology

A New Take on the Robotic Arm: Tentacles

Chemists Are First in Line for Quantum Computing’s Benefits

Engineering & Technology

Chemists Are First in Line for Quantum Computing’s Benefits

How does Los Angeles get its water?

Engineering & Technology

How does Los Angeles get its water?