“[We are] a very unique team — there isn’t any other team like it. Being able to design something that’s supposed to go on another planet,” said Cameron Paul, the co-captain of the University of Ottawa’s Mars Rover Team.
Tech
“Facebook and Google are not the only good tech companies to work for, there are tons of local tech companies that look for new talent, especially in Ottawa,” said Cameron Thompson, a junior software developer at Magnet Forensics.
“Based on my experience working for the government, I know that if you’re sharing around a spreadsheet, it’s easy to make a mistake or accidentally delete something. These kinds of human errors are mitigated with [our] app”, said Matthew Gaerke, an account executive for Rain Technologies.
“This event pushes students to look at the problems our society faces and how we can apply our engineering skills to contribute to the well-being of others”, said Susan Peters, VP Events for the U of O’s Engineers Without Borders.
“Three weeks ago, if someone would have told me that Woroni’s posts were going to get wiped from Facebook, I would’ve freaked-out. And although it was a stressful day, we handled it quite well”, said Ben Rowley, Woroni’s managing editor.
“Imagine visiting a store virtually to touch fabric or […] imagine smelling a perfume before you buy it online,” said Dr. Melike Erol-Kantarci to explain the concept of extended realities.
“It would be cool to have a snow plow deploy from my garage after a snow storm while I stay inside by the warm fire,” said Nicholas Schmidt, one of the plow’s developers.
“The basic goal of the Designathon’ is to get students to apply the skills they learned in class,” said U of O Designathon co-creator Zachary Flahaut.
COVID-19 lockdowns have severely impacted the food industry. So JAMZ Delivery wants to help leverage the cost of food delivery for rural restaurants by using drones.
According to communications professor Marcel Chartrand, “with social media, [Trump] assembled fringe groups under a single ideology” which is characterized by the acceptance of all forms of hatred.
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