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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

Electric Vehicle

Earth & Environment

Electric vehicles: The rise of the green machine from the 80s to today

LTE Program Assistant

In the late 1980s, Canadians began to realize that carbon dioxide emissions, global warming, greenhouse gases, and fossil fuel emissions posed a serious problem. In response, several regional bodies began to introduce environmental policies.

Joust for Atari (artifact no. 2002.0384.001)

Sports & Gaming

Rising from the Grave: “Deadplay" and Video Game Preservation

Dany Guay-Bélanger

Guest writer, Carleton University

Videogames are cultural heritage artifacts worthy of preservation. My Master’s major research project culminated in the creation of a podcast and website which investigates videogame preservation and proposes some solutions to this complex and pressing issue.

Dave Schellenberg in Ingenium's Collection warehouse

Science Alive! Episode 4: Zombies at the Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum

If you were trapped in the Museums’ collection warehouse during the zombie apocalypse- what would you use to defend yourself? Dave and Museum Conservator Erin Secord examine the creepier side of the Museums’ collection in this special, zombie-themed episode.

Dave Schellenberg and Sean Tudor playing video games

Sports & Gaming

Science Alive! Episode 6: Gaming!

Canada Science and Technology Museum

In the fall of 2016, the Canada Science and Technology Museum will be opening their travelling exhibition Game Changers at Science North in Sudbury. On this episode of Science Alive, Dave chats with assistant curator and gaming guru Sean Tudor about all the elements that make up a great video game. From story to graphics to great audio- it’s Game On at the Museum!

Vortex fruit basket developed by Canadian Phil Short. Source: Tom Alföldi; Ingenium 2013.0079

Vortex Fruit Basket

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

The Vortex Fruit Basket protects fruit and keeps it fresh. The Vortex Fruit Basket may be familiar to consumers who have enjoyed fruit stored in this packaging. Phil Short, a Niagara fruit grower and distributor, developed the Vortex Fruit Basket, which protects tender fruit, like peaches, as it travels from orchard to home. For consumers, the recyclable container guards the fruit from moisture and handling, while giving a clear view of the product. For distributors and retailers, the Vortex

Television prototype made by Joseph-Alphonse Ouimet in 1932. Source: Tom Alföldi; CSTMC 1969.1044

Television Receiver

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Television debuted in Canada in 1931. Canadian engineer Joseph-Alphonse Ouimet (1908–1988) designed and built this television set prototype in 1932, one of the first in Canada. Television had first cast its glow in the mid 1920s when Scottish engineer John Logie Baird proved that live moving images could be transmitted via radio waves. In Canada, the technology debuted on October 9, 1931. It was at this time, a full twenty years before Canadian network television was officially launched, that

How the Canada Science and Technology Museum designed an accessible, modular headphone jack

Engineering & Technology

How the Canada Science and Technology Museum designed an accessible, modular headphone jack

Accessible headphone jacks aren’t hard to find nowadays, but they’re always built into your average neighbourhood fixtures, like an ATM. This isn’t the most welcoming design since there’s no way to get the device as a standalone product. But the Canada Science and Technology Museum strives for inclusive design, and since they couldn’t buy an accessible headphone jack, their innovators decided to design their own. These jacks are shaped in a way that makes inserting headphones into them much

Thomas Willson would experiment with phosphate in fertilizers at Meech Lake in Chelsea, Quebec

Engineering & Technology

Enlightening Canada with carbide

We take our energy-efficient bright lights for granted nowadays with people rarely questioning how they work. In the late 19th century, however, this was a serious concern given how dim and expensive lighting was at the time. That was until Thomas “Carbide” Willson found an economically-viable way to light up Canada through the use of calcium carbide (CaC2) and acetylene gas (C2H2). An enthusiast of electricity and inventor since his teens, Willson moved from his home in Princeton, Ontario to

The Voltera V-One lets you print your own circuit boards from home

Engineering & Technology

The Voltera V-One lets you print your own circuit boards from home

There was a time when if you wanted to get your very own design of a printed circuit board you’d have to send a file and wait around for two weeks before seeing your work in the flesh. But then, after all your patience, you’d notice that they made a mistake and you’d have to get them to produce a new one. Well, those days are over, thanks to the V-One, a PCB printer. Voltera is the company that created the machine and was founded by students at the University of Waterloo. They noticed the

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