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The punishing polar vortex is ideal for Cassie the Robot

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Feb 1, 2019
You may be cursing the harsh cold of winter, but roboticists at the University of Michigan are capitalizing on the cold temperatures. A team working on the development of Cassie the Robot took advantage of the recent cold snap to perform testing. Read how Cassie performed in this article from Wired.
Elements of the International Business Machines 305 RAMAC system on display at the Exposition universelle et internationale de Bruxelles, unknown location. Anon., “Machine-histoire.” L’Action catholique, 18 January 1959, 15.
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I once took a class with Professor RAMAC

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Rénald Fortier
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Jan 7, 2019
Bonjour and goeidag, my reading friend. We are gathered here today to talk about science, technology and innovation in the field of computers rather than aviation and space. I can only imagine now how disappointed you are, but that’s life. Let me assure you that yours truly is not putting forward this topic out of love for computers. As far as I am concerned, these things are no more than temperamental typewriters, with as strong an emphasis as humanly possible on the word mental, but I digress
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The top 10 science and environment stories of 2018

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Jan 7, 2019
If you didn’t get the chance to read as many science stories as you would have liked in 2018, fear not: CBC has compiled its top 10 list just for you. From the discovery of an ancient Mayan city to evidence of Planet X, there’s no shortage of fascinating stories to review.
A young girl holds up her STEAM Horizon Award, with a microscope in the background.
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Awards program seeks Canada’s brightest young minds

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Jan 2, 2019
The final search is on to find this year’s most inspiring Canadian teens — with a passion for science and technology. The 2019 STEAM Horizon Awards invite youth ages 16 to 18 to promote positive changes throughout their communities using science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM). The application deadline for this year’s awards program is January 16, 2019.
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The Dominion Observatory's Earth Physics and Time Keeping Functions, part 4

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Dec 21, 2018
The Dominion Observatory's Earth Physics and Time Keeping Functions, part 4 by Randall Brooks Earth Physics The Dominion Observatory had another mandate — rather than looking up from the Observatory dome, some staff went to the basement to study gravity and seismic activity. The Observatory became part of a growing worldwide network of centres with seismographs to detect earthquakes and to combine the information to determine the location of the seismic activity. The Museum has a couple of early
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Ex-NASA engineer's glitter bomb exacts revenge on porch thieves

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Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Dec 21, 2018
When U.S. engineer Mark Rober — who worked on the design of NASA’s Mars Rover — saw a pair of thieves snatch an Amazon package off of his front doorstep, he decided to take matters into his own hands. Check out this article and video to see the device Rober engineered to teach greedy thieves a lesson.
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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.
Christian Bagg testing a prototype of the Icon Explore in a park on a spring day.
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Christian Bagg and the Icon Explore

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Cédric Brosseau
Ingenium Canada
Nov 23, 2018
For Canada History Week 2018 - A short blog post highlighting Christian Bagg’s creativity and innovation, which helped him develop the Icon Explore adaptive off-road vehicle.
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Honouring an innovator who gave others the “gift of freedom”

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Nov 19, 2018
Ottawa resident Elaine Wolfe was undoubtedly thinking about her late father, Clifford Wolfe, as she visited the Moving Stories exhibition at the Canada Science and Technology Museum last week. The temporary exhibition – which showcases some rarely-seen artifacts from the museum’s transportation collection – includes Elaine’s 1988 Chevy Blazer, outfitted with an innovative wheelchair lift that was invented by her dad when she was a young adult. “Calling my first truck an artifact is making me
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Finding creativity and innovation through world travel

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Anna Adamek
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Nov 16, 2018
Being a historian of technology, by profession and by heart, I always look for examples of human ingenuity during my travels. These creative solutions — which employ available tools and materials — offer a unique glimpse into the lives of communities, the choices they make, and the challenges they face. Here are a few examples.
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