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Cropped, 3D model of a diving suit against a black background.  The right side of the suit is bulky and orange, with shiny silver bands on the limbs, and with a black, domed helmet. The left side is stylized with a series of blue, interlocking 3D mesh lines overlaying the body.
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3D Digitization Improves Access to the Ingenium Collection

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Lauren DiVito
Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation
Oct 5, 2023
The Ingenium Digital Innovation Lab (DI Lab)—located in the Ingenium Centre—is a hub for exploring ways of improving access to its museum spaces, collections, and experiences for all Canadians.
Three images side by side: a toilet bowl expelling a cloud of droplets, a gloved hand holding a test tube containing a small plant, and an infrared view of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io showing spots of volcanic activity covering the moon.
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3 things you should know about flushing the toilet, artificial photosynthesis, and volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Jan 16, 2023
For the January edition, they explain why you should close the toilet lid before flushing, how we could grow plants without light, and extended volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon Io.
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Women in AI & Robotics: An interview with Founder and CEO, Sheila Beladinejad

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Jan 11, 2023
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics can solve world problems, and there is a global talent shortage. Attracting and retaining more women in these fields will maximize innovation, creativity, and competitiveness.
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Two things you should know about the science of wind chill, and the Orion spacecraft's selfies.

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Cassandra Marion, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Dec 9, 2022
For the December edition, we explain the science of wind chill and the spectacular selfies captured by the Orion spacecraft.
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3 things you should know about how the DART spacecraft changed the orbit of an asteroid, how we have more than five senses, and how the science of caramel can make you a better cook!

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Oct 26, 2022
For the October edition, they explain how the DART spacecraft changed the orbit of an asteroid millions of kilometers from Earth, how we have many more than five senses, and how the science of caramel can make you a better cook
Artist’s impression of the Canadian satellite Alouette in orbit above Canada. National Film Board, Photostory 288: Canadian Scientists Keep Pace with Space, NFB62-5961.
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Alouette, gentille alouette, Alouette, je te lancerai; Or, How the Cold War propelled Canada into space via the Alouette satellite, part 3

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Rénald Fortier
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Oct 2, 2022
Hello again, my reading friend. Let us begin at the beginning. Do you know what yours truly is going to discuss with you? About the first Canadian satellite, you say? Right answer. Let us continue. The launch of said satellite, Alouette, of course, late in the evening of 28 September 1962 (local time), or early in the morning of 29 September (Ottawa, Ontario, time), from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, obviously did not go unnoticed. The leaders of the 4 political parties represented in
The Thor-Agena rocket which put the Canadian satellite Alouette into orbit, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Anon., “Alouette’ Working Perfectly – First Canadian Satellite in Orbit.” The Montreal Star, 29 September 1962, 1.
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Alouette, gentille alouette, Alouette, je te lancerai; Or, How the Cold War propelled Canada into space via the Alouette satellite, part 2

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Rénald Fortier
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Oct 1, 2022
Welcome aboard our special spatial ship, my reading friend. Five! Four! Three! Two! One! Thunderbirds are go! If you do not recognise the opening sequence of every episode of the British television series Thunderbirds, launched in September 1965, then there are serious gaps in your knowledge of the popular culture of the Cold War period. Period. And yes, that series was mentioned in September 2018 and March 2019 issues of our blog / bulletin / thingee. And yes again, yours truly remembers seeing
Some of the eminent British researchers en route to Canada to observe the total solar eclipse of 31 August 1932. Anon., “Le ciel québécois et les astronomes. La Presse, 29 July 1932, 9.
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“We all pray for a cloudless day:” The solar eclipse of 31 August 1932 in Québec, part 2

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Rénald Fortier
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Sep 11, 2022
Hello, my reading friend passionate about astronomy. Would you like to continue without further delay this presentation devoted to the solar eclipse of August 1932? Wunderbar! Before undertaking that reading exercise, allow me to identify some of the eminent British researchers en route to Canada aboard the Canadian liner SS Montcalm operated by Canadian Pacific Steamships Ocean Services Limited for the purpose of observing said eclipse. Yes, the ones you saw on the photograph above a few
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Reconstructing a lost object: can you identify this component in Alexander Graham Bell's 1874 ear phonautograph?

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Tom Everrett, PhD
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Sep 7, 2022
The ear phonautograph was a macabre instrument. It was built by Alexander Graham Bell and Clarence J. Blake in 1874, and used a surgically-removed human ear—a skull fragment, ear canal, ear drum, and ossicle bones—to visually “write” sound waves. It worked like this: the surgically-removed ear was first attached to the top bracket of the instrument by a bolt driven through the skull fragment. It was then tightened in place with a thumbscrew. When a user spoke into the mouthpiece, located behind
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3 things you should know about salty soil, invisibility, and Canada’s lunar rover

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Dec 13, 2021
For the December edition, they explored the problem with high salinity levels in agricultural soils, a breakthrough in invisibility, and the emerging designs for the Canadian Lunar Rover Mission.
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