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Three images side by side. From left to right: a salmon filet being sliced with a knife, a greyscale photo of the moon, and an artistic rendering of a protein
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3 things you should know about aquaculture, Moon samples, and artificial intelligence

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Jan 7, 2021
For the January edition, we provide context around the latest developments in aquaculture, Chang’e-5’s samples from the Moon, and how artificial intelligence is helping scientists to understand the behavior of proteins in the bodies of all living things.
A surgeon stands watch over a patient being operated on by a robot. Holograms glow in the background
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Looking into the future of medicine

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Feb 14, 2020
As we usher in a new decade, the medical industry is innovating at an incredible pace — producing technologies that will impact individuals and Canadian society as a whole.
A young girl stands in front of a microphone, looking at a large screen with a blue avatar of a woman's face.
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Museum visitors help to grow an artificial intelligence prototype

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Feb 12, 2020
There’s a new digital being at the Canada Science and Technology Museum — and she’s hungry for conversation.
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Artificial intelligence and the fight against climate change

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Jan 20, 2020
Recently, the media has been flooded with warnings about climate change, and wildly contrasting predictions about the promise and pitfalls of AI. What you may not know is how AI and climate change are linked.
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3 things you should know — July edition

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Jul 2, 2019
Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Kyrke Gaudreau. This all-star trio works as Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert advice on key subjects relating to our three museums — the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum. In this new monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science advisors offer up three quirky nuggets related to their area of expertise. For the July edition, they tackled how blockchain
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Nerd-rock band sings about science in support of museum learning programs

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Feb 27, 2018
An Ottawa-based rock band will sing about artificial intelligence during a fund-raising concert for the Ingenium Foundation on March 2. The band – Double Experience – performs an array of songs with a focus on science and technology themes. The upcoming show is a song release party for their latest single, AI Freaks Me Out.
An artists impression of a neural network.
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Microsoft AI Masters "Ms. Pac-Man"

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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.