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Roger De Abreu with a model of the satellites that he helped develop.
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Canada as never seen before: The new RADARSAT Constellation Mission

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Michel Labrecque
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Technology
Dec 5, 2019
Canada's RADARSAT program has a long history, going back to experimenting with radar sensors onboard the Convair 580 aircraft, which is now in the collection of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.
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Why do we call computer glitches “bugs”?

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Dec 12, 2018
The term “bug” is another way of saying something is wrong with our computer or software, but where did the term come from? While many attribute the reference to computer scientist Grace Hopper, this article from Curiosity explains that it dates back to Thomas Edison’s private journals.
Kirsty Duncan, TED Talks 2018
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Scientists must be free to learn, to speak and to challenge

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William McRae
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May 18, 2018
"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
Science Odyssey is Canada's largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics
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Science Odyssey - Ten days of discovery and innovation

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Canada Science and Technology Museum
May 11, 2018
Science Odyssey is Canada's largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, featuring fun and inspiring experiences in museums, research centres, laboratories and classrooms from coast to coast. Powered by NSERC, Science Odyssey demonstrates how discoveries and innovations shape our daily lives and foster a strong science culture in Canada.
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Decoding the Dance of the Honey Bee, in Real-Time

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Lauren DiVito
Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation
Oct 12, 2017
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
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Microsoft AI Masters "Ms. Pac-Man"

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Aug 23, 2017
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.
Canada’s Jet-Age Dream: The Avro Arrow
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Canada’s Jet-Age Dream: The Avro Arrow

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Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Jul 14, 2017
Between 1952 and 1959, Avro Canada developed an advanced all-weather fighter interceptor called the CF-105 Arrow. This aircraft, with its futuristic, delta-wing design, captured Canadians’ imaginations in a way few projects have, before or since.
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A New Take on the Robotic Arm: Tentacles

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Apr 21, 2017
Engineers are constantly taking cues from nature when designing new technologies, and the robotic tentacle arm created by German robotics company, Festo, is a great example.
Chemists Are First in Line for Quantum Computing’s Benefits
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Chemists Are First in Line for Quantum Computing’s Benefits

Apr 21, 2017
Efforts to invent more practical superconductors and better batteries could be the first areas of business to get a quantum speed boost.

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