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Wearing Technology
on your Sleeve *NEW*
You think the switch from typewriter to computer was
a revolution? In the near future many of us could be interacting with
computers inserted into our own clothing.
By The Editor, January 30,
2008
Open-Source Innovation
With scientific research being strongly dependent on external funding, the
drive for profit has created intense competition and secrecy amongst scientific
communities, and there are many who question what this does for scientific
advancement. Innovation is suppressed, critics argue, in this climate of competition
and security.
By Faye Mallett, November
13, 2007
Remote Surgery:
The Cutting Edge in Medicine
Telesurgery may still be in its infancy, but the availability of greater bandwidth;
improvements in communication technology; and increased computing power, have
moved it out of the realm of science fiction and into the operating room.
By Faye Mallett,
October 3, 2007
BC's Hydrogen
Highway
Many BC companies are developing innovative ways to use hydrogen in
a commercial context, giving the Canadian province a reputation for
being a world leader in hydrogen and fuel cell technology. Some have
even gone so far as to dub BC the "silicon valley" of the
hydrogen world.
By Faye Mallett,
August 8, 2007
A Second Life
A collective virtual universe, complete with its own landscapes, economy,
currency, and culture, Second Life is shared across several thousand
servers worldwide and is inhabited by millions of so-called “residents.”
By Tatiana Andronache,
I.S.P
Web 2.0: The Next
Generation World Wide Web
The internet has set remarkable precedents for change
within the past decade. Since the late 1990’s, when
Netscape revolutionized the internet by making it possible
for people to publish their own web pages and use it for
more than just email, the world wide web (WWW) has brought
startling innovations to the ways we conduct business,
to our social interactions and to the ways in which we
find,
store and retrieve information.
By Faye
Mallett, January 3, 2007
Sentinels in Space
By combining the collective
power of satellites with fieldwork done by health workers and
various agencies, diseases can then be predicted, prevented,
and prepared for.
By Shelley Brennan, November
29, 2006
To The Power of
One
What if the power to change the world existed within your own home?
Thanks to the World Community Grid, a virtual super network of hundreds
of thousands of
personal computers, your idling PC can help unravel the mysteries of the human
body and lead to potential cures for such widespread diseases such as cancer,
AIDS, and Alzheimer’s.
By Shelley
Brennan, August 23, 2006
Space
Flights: Now Boarding
Commercial space travel can no longer be conceived of
as the stuff of mere fantasy. By as soon as 2008, when
Richard Branson’s first SpaceShipTwo Flight is scheduled to
fly out of California's Mojave Airport, it becomes reality.
By Faye Mallett, May 17, 2006
Digital Photography:
The New Talk
Nothing stamps obsolescence more than a change in language.
Photography, which has seen many augmentations and enhancements since
its invention two centuries ago, is going through such a visceral
transformation that the words used to discuss it are as different as
the number of opinions on DSLR cameras and storage media.
By Adrian Brijbassi, February
22, 2006
The Consumer Galaxy
and Space Tourism
From Copernicus to Star Wars human interest in outer space
is relentless. Yet despite breakthroughs in technology, space
travel for the consumer seemed a fantasy locked in the stories
of Douglas Adams and Ray Bradbury. This is no longer the
case. Space tourism is getting ready for liftoff.
By Shelley Lightburn January 25, 2006
E-Paper: A Blessing
or a Curse
Criticism is already brewing around this new and powerful technology. With the
ever increasing pervasiveness of advertising some see e-paper as a wonderful
marketing tool but also potentially dangerous to our cultures mental health.
By Jake Gosselin December 21, 2005
Eco-Cities: Designing
the Future
Eighty percent of the world’s population lives in cities. This is why it’s
essential that the health of the environment be considered in terms of how populated
spaces are designed to interact with it.
By Shelley Lightburn, November 3, 2005
Car Talk for the Millennium – Profiles
on Current Vehicle Technology
The past several years has seen a burgeoning in new transportation
technology usually attributed to the quest for environmentally
friendly alternatives and safety. For fuel technology new
developments in ethanol, hydrogen fuel cells, and electric
energy abounds. For vehicular technology – smaller
more compact cars with fuel-efficient construction are
hitting the consumer market. Heavy large gas-guzzling cars
are out.
Petite fuel-conservative cars are in.
By Shelley Lightburn, October 19, 2005
Citizen Journalism:
Where does blogging fit in the media world?
The blogospere is quickly becoming recognized for its production of citizen journalism.
This fairly new phenomenon of “blogging” and citizen journalism is
garnering interest from all areas of the media world -- from scholars to corporate
media heavies. Positive and negative analysis abounds about the effects of citizen
media.
By Shelley Lightburn, September 21,
2005
VoIP: Get Ready to Change
The recently released Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development
(OECD) Communications Outlook for 2005 makes it clear: Internet telephony,
or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is poised to take over the communications
industry.
By Faye Mallett, August 31, 2005
The Making of Personal Media: From
Zines to Blogs
From bloggers to independent music producers and pro-ams
(professional amateurs) a media revolution is afoot. Easy
to use and accessible personal publishing platforms fuel this "do-it-yourself" media
phenomenon, giving average people with a computer a chance to air
their voice as far as the information highway will carry it.
By Shelley LIghtburn, July 27,2005
Introducing the Smart
Home
From lighting to fans, from vacuums to “smart” entertainment
systems, energy efficient and environmentally friendly home appliances
are becoming more
the rule rather than the exception.
By Shelley LIghtburn, June 23, 2005
Homeland Security Au Natural
It is said that should the world engage in nuclear war
only the cockroaches will be left standing. So, it comes
as not so much of a shock that they should be hired as the
new sentries to fight the war on terror.
By Shelley LIghtburn, May 25, 2005
The Stem-Cell Super Market:
Development, Debate and Diagnosis
Stem-cell research takes an emotive position in global debates
on ethnics and science. It placed prominently in the United
States Presidential election and has contracted millions
in funds, but what is it?
By Shelley LIghtburn, April 27, 2005
A New Wave in Early Warning Systems
and Tsunami Technology
The United Nations recently
called for the implementation of a global early warning system.
Such a plan requires not only earthquake and tsunami detection
technology, but also real time communications systems and
public education. The biggest problem is not whether earthquakes
and tsunamis can be detected, but how to get the message
out.
By Shelley LIghtburn, February 23,
2005
Nanotechnology: Is it all as good as it sounds?
According to The National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, very little attention is devoted to assessment
of health risks to humans or to the ecosystem due to nanotechnology
development and application, and their potential toxicity
is poorly understood.
By Esme Friesen, December 7, 2004
Big future for a small technology
Nanoscience - a fast burgeoning technology - is micro-paving
the way to a faster, cleaner future. Widely seen as having huge potential to
bring benefits in areas as diverse as drug development, water decontamination,
and information and communication technologies, it is also enabling the production
stronger, lighter materials and attracting rapidly increasing investments from
governments and businesses worldwide.
By Esme Friesen, November 16, 2004
Roam, Roam on the Range:
Roaming Messenger™ Technology Attracts the Attention of Homeland Security
In August 2004 Roaming Messenger™ presented their wares at the Experience
IT 2004 show in Anaheim, CA. They were invited specifically as a “homeland
defense oriented” company. Their product: the latest in instant messaging
technology.
By Shelley Lightburn, October 19, 2004
Finger Linking Good: Changing World Technologies Turn Poultry to Petroleum.
Whenever my family cooked a chicken or a turkey it meant
poultry soup would fill our bowls for weeks. This was my first
lesson in waste management. Brian Appel and Changing World
Technologies takes this lesson even further. Appel has devoted
his life to the creation of a process known as Thermal Conversion
Process (TCP) which converts poultry waste, amongst other organic
materials, to crude oil.
By Shelley Lightburn, September 15, 2004
Time Bandit: The Earth is Speeding
When the year 2000 approached, the population of personal computer owners became
privy to some intriguing information: operating systems are dependent on time.
Whereas some people predicted the end of the world, others were confident that
software gurus and computer nerds would safely deliver us into the second millennium.
The latter proved to be a reliable assumption.
By Shelley Lightburn, August 11, 2004
Technologies power a new future for financial consumers: But is the industry plugged in?
The interlocking trends in technology, demographics and shifting consumer attitudes
that are busily re-shaping the future marketplace offer major opportunities
for the financial services sector. But they also pose growing challenges, and
the evidence suggests too many banks, insurance companies and pension funds
are falling behind in harnessing technologies to transform their offer to 21st
century customers. Critics say this verdict is nothing new. But if action is
delayed, agile new entrants with no track record in the industry will carve
out the lion's share.
By James Bellini, June 2, 2004
Garbage and Grain: Our Ecological Saviors in Renewable Energy
Ethanol development, dubbed the ‘new alchemy,’ is quickly
becoming the major player in the fight against pollution and climate change.
For decades,
smog-laden cities and environmental gurus have spurred warnings that climate
change and depleting resources are ominously telling of the biblical-like environmental
changes to come.
By Shelley Lightburn, April 21, 2004
Driverless cabs: Turning the ULTra corner in urban transportation
A futuristic driverless taxi system – not unlike the one depicted in the
sci-fi cult film “Logan’s Run” – is presently fighting
the odds to prevent becoming a thing of the past.
By Esme Friesen, March 24, 2004
The future hails a
cab!
Forget the space race of the 50s; we are now in the second
leg of the race for urban space! While building space stations and
traveling to the moon was battlefield earth during the cold war,
our current
focus has shifted to a more
invasive potential threat – global warming. Like the space
race, this has lead to many innovative strategies and technologies
- some
of which could enable our societies to to grow and expand in a
more sustainable fashion.
By Esme Friesen, January 28, 2004
Computing from the Hip
Once the stuff of sci-fi films, wearable computing is finding a comfortable
niche in industry and beyond. It promises to change the way we
work…and live.
By Samuel Greengard, December 2, 2003
AI lives on
For years, the idea of artificial intelligence has enamored writers,
researchers and business leaders. Now it’s becoming reality—and
changing the workplace.
By Samuel Greengard, November 18, 2003
Thoughts move the world
New Scientist reports
that researchers at Duke University in Durham, NC have enabled Macaque monkeys
to control a robotic arm with nothing more than their brain waves. According
to the project leader Miguel Nicolelis, the monkeys control the robotic arm
with the same dexterity as their own limbs.
By Peter de Jager, October 21, 2003
Why Wi-Fi will Fly
Some technologies are just destined for greatness. Even though it poses some
serious security problems, and even though the 'standard' is now available
in several different flavours, one of those technologies is Wi-Fi.
By Peter de Jager, September 22, 2003
Shocking new fashion for women
Researchers at MIT and Advanced Research Apparel have come up with
a shocking new jacket design for women – literally. Designed
as an anti- assault device for women, this little black sports
number carries an 80,000-volt, low
amperage current just below the
surface shell of the entire jacket.
By Esme Friesen, September 10, 2003
Little eyes, little spies?
Hitachi has developed an electronic tag device, called a µ-Chip
(Mu-Chip), capable of announcing its presence from a distance of about
30 cm via a radio packet of 128 bits. This by itself isn’t a
significant achievement. Other RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
devices can transmit much larger amounts of information a greater distance.
By Peter de Jager, June 10, 2003
Greenhouse
Effects... also on other planets
Our planet is warming up, and experts warn that the consequences
will be serious. To see precisely how the process works, scientists
need as much information as possible and from many different sources.
By European Space Agency, May 6, 2003
Where’s my flying car?
It doesn’t matter where we look, old copies
of Time, Popular Mechanics, daily
newspapers or even our favorite science fiction magazines. All their
many visions of the future included one particular element: the personal
flying car. Where is it? More importantly... Why isn’t it?
By Peter de Jager, April 22, 2003
Solar bikes: the "hobby horse"
of modern bicycle design technology
Have you ever thought of riding a bike to work whilst stuck in traffic
gridlock?
Many have, often deciding against the idea because it seemed like too
much work or the travel distance was too great. Well, this may just
be the solution you were looking for.
By Esme Friesen, March 18, 2003
The future is now....
For most of us growing up with Star Wars movies in the 70s, the concept
of having a robot as personal assistant was so futuristic that we
promptly
dropped the idea. Not so for the research teams at Honda Motor Co.
who recently unveiled their latest version of an interactive humanoid
robot
- ASIMO!
Esme Friesen February 18, 2003
Geo-thermal heating Part
Two of Two
With home heating and air conditioning contributing up to 40 per cent
(on average) of global greenhouse gas emissions, finding alternative
ways to stay cozy in the winter and cool in the summer is one way consumers
can individually contribute to meeting international GHG reduction targets.
Esme Friesen January 7, 2003
Geo-thermal heating Part
One of Two
An increased interest in cleaner, cheaper energy sources has led innovative
technology designers and homeowners to an old technology - geothermal.
Esme Friesen December 3, 2002
Talking About My Generation
The next step of third-generation (3G) mobile phones, offering broadband
use that would see such features as internet and video links in
the
palm of your hand, has evolved into a huge obstacle which is threatening
the very existence of this supposed revolutionary development.
By Mario Cacciottolo, October 2003
3-D
LCDs; Bringing ActualDepth ™ to your computer display
A
breakthrough in 3-D computer display imaging, this new development
incorporates an idea visual artists have been using for some
time.
By Esme Friesen, September 24, 2003
Genetic Modification
Labelling
Take the labelling issue surrounding genetically modified food. Many
people want to see the food labelled. The reasons for this are as
diverse
as the people wanting it to be so. Here are some reasons that concern
me.
SkyCars and RoboDogs
This week's feature article looks at technological objects of desire, from the SkyCar to the metal tail-wagger RoboDog to the triumph of sound and technology from Yamaha to a very pricy bottle of bubbly.
July 23rd, 2002
Cutting-edge biology: Fingers and eyes fight fraud
Your body is now your password. Your eyes are your bankcard to withdraw
cash. Your hand is the security software that protects your network
from instrusions and fraud. Ripped straight from the pages of a sci-fi
novel or blockbuster movie, biometric technologies are poised to become
the next-generation form of security.
June 4th, 2002
Videophones — a new way
of communicating
You may not remember when videophone technology was first unveiled in
1964: although fascinating for its time, the technology left much to be
desired and the cost prohibited large-scale implementation. Videophones
are still not commonly used, however in the last few months the public
has had more exposure to them as television networks have used the latest
technology to broadcast live reports.
New
Technology: a plethora of share, demo, and freeware
There
is an abundance of software technology out there - but which program
should you choose? In this article, we investigate
the facts and terminology to help you "try before you buy".
PDA
and Pocket PCs
No longer the stuff of James Bond movies, computing devices that you
can carry in your pocket are part of our daily, high tech lives as Personal
Digital Assistants (PDAs) seem to be used by everyone.
Sorting Out your Customers
Businesses these days have to deal with a higher volume of calls to
personnel and to more hits upon their websites than ever before. As
the pace of consumerism increases, the need to deal with more and more
people inevitably puts a strain upon the quality of customer service
that is provided. New methods therefore have to be developed in order
to cope with this emerging trend of ever-increasing customer demands.
From Dr. David Suzuki Phd
Revolutionary genetic technology
requires a cautious approach
Genetically modified
foods debate
Going dotty
A recent advert for a major UK bank proclaims 'it's the big ideas that
change the world.' Well, here's a big idea that could change the world,
and it's incredibly small; five millimeters, to be precise.
Revolutionise your
sense of smell
Until now, online communication involved only three of our senses-hearing,
touch, and sight. Soon it will involve a fourth, as new technology is
being developed to appeal to our sense of smell. DigiScents, an interactive
media company, is creating iSmell Digital Scent Technology, a new software
which will enable scents to be broadcast from the Web.
Virtual Desktops
Roaming Around
If your professional life revolves around your desktop PC, you can now
free yourself from desktop tyranny.
BUYER'S GUIDES
Walkie Talkies
Digital Video Cameras
Palm-size PCs
Digital Cameras
Flat panel monitors
Stress Reducers
Internet gadgets Part 1
Internet gadgets Part
2
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