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The Kosmos Spielcomputer Logikus computer toy. Anon., “Un jeu pas ordinaire”. Photo-Journal, 15 to 22 January 1969, 10.

Sports & Gaming

False advertising or simple misunderstanding? The fascinating saga of the Kosmos Spielcomputer Logikus computer toy

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

How are you today, my reading friend? I ask you this question, with some trepidation perhaps, because I chose to stray further away from the one true path to illumination, that which leads to an understanding of all things aeronautical and spacey. Even though yours truly readily admits that I loathe computers with every fibre of my being, I found myself strangely attracted to this week’s topic, but back to our story, which is pretty cool. Lets us begin our exploration with a quote, in other

Sun through clouds over lake

Social Science & Culture

Searching for the sublime: Algonquin Park and the origins of wilderness tourism

In the late 1800s, Canadian cities were in the process of a major transition due to great population increases, industrialization and a growing middle class. Toronto was no exception, and in terms of its population size and industrial production, was second only to Montreal in these years.

Brother Hormisdas-Marie Gamelin with a pilot of the Buckingham Gliding Club near a Schweizer SGU 2-22 glider. Arthur Prévost, “À Buckingham, sous la direction d’un frère – Une école de pilotes de planeurs.” Le Petit Journal, 27 July 1958, 75.

The brother from another Buckingham, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Top of the morning to you, my reading friend. Yours truly hopes to have found a subject that you will find interesting, original and innovative in a July 1958 issue of the weekly Le Petit Journal of Montréal, Québec. Let us begin this story without further ado. Once upon a time ... Uh, yes, I admit that the formula is not original but the content below should be. May I continue now? Thank you. Once upon a time, say I, there lived a young Franco-American, an example among many others of the

THE ART OF THE BRICK

Engineering & Technology

Building a colourful, new life

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Have you ever dreamed of ditching your day job and playing with toys instead? Nathan Sawaya—a former attorney in New York City—did just that, and he couldn’t be happier. Sawaya creates inspiring artwork from one of the most recognizable toys in the world: the LEGO® brick. An exhibition featuring his creations, THE ART OF THE BRICK, has travelled around the globe and was named one of CNN’s Top Ten “Global Must-See Exhibitions.” THE ART OF THE BRICK is coming to the Canada Science and Technology

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

Screen capture of the Digital Archives welcome page.

Ingenium’s Digital Archives opens museum vaults to the curious

Researchers, creators, and digital citizens rejoice – the vaults have been opened! Thanks to a new Digital Archives portal from Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, Canadians now have unprecedented access to the archives of three national museums. This means a whole new level of access to digital copies of holdings – and a look at naked catalogue records – from the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Science and Technology

Using a magnifying glass to examine a plant.

Citizen science: Where research meets the public

Cassidy Swanston

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Are you interested in learning about how the world works? You don’t need a lab or degree to explore – citizen science projects all over the world bring discovery to your home, backyard, or community. Citizen science is the product of researchers teaming up with the public to solve scientific issues. Projects exist in almost every field, including ecology, astronomy, molecular biology, and genomics. “Crowd-sourcing” research allows for data to be collected from all over the world, and benefits

Social Science & Culture

Augmented reality games attract extroverts

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Gamers are often assumed to be anti-social people, but a new study out of the University of British Columbia (UBC) shows different results. When it comes to augmented reality games – such as Pokémon Go – extroverts tend to be better players. To learn more, read the latest from UBC News.

Basketball / Bettman/Contributor/Getty Images

Sports & Gaming

Basketball

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The afterlife of a peach basket. Create a new team sport that demands agility, speed, and accuracy from its players, not just strength alone. Make sure it can be played both safely and indoors. Oh, one more thing: come up with it in fourteen days. James Naismith’s answer to his boss’s difficult demand was basketball. An instructor at the YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, Naismith drew inspiration for his new game from one he played as a child in the small town of

From sea to sea: Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope

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From sea to sea: Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope

For most people, the loss of a leg to cancer would be devastating. But Terry Fox said it made his life challenging and rewarding. Of course, Fox wasn’t your average athlete. His situation didn’t hold him back from chasing his dreams. Instead, it helped him campaign for the awareness of cancer, its research and the perception of people with motor impairments. To this day Fox instills hope in our nation. Terry fox was 18 years-old just starting his degree in kinesiology, when he was diagnosed with

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