Reading Time: 2 minutes“This app is state of the art technology. It has buttons, pictures, and at least three doohickeys.”
Technology
Reading Time: 8 minutesWhat kinds of advantages does this kind of environment provide students, particularly in terms of educational value?
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa associate professor of physics Andrew Pelling does more than just teach. Outside of his day job, he also runs the Pelling Lab at the U of O, where he grows human ears using apples.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We’re hoping to have the Apple headphones be so sleek and refined that they don’t even exist—try losing that!”—Tim Cook, Apple CEO.
Reading Time: 6 minutesOne has to wonder if Pokémon GO will be just another trending topic over social media or if it will have a potentially long-term impact?
Reading Time: 2 minutesDineCasa pairs hungry customers with personal chefs, gets featured on Next Gen Den University of Ottawa graduate Sabrina Leblanc was having dinner with some friends when she commented on how nice it would be if someone else could do the cooking. “It was just a conversation we were having with friends and we said ‘why …
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a world where the traditional act of dating is becoming dated, Catherine Ballachey and Stephanie Henderson are bringing Listen To Me, a dynamic and nontraditional play, to Ottawa’s theatre scene. Listen To Me allows audience members to interact with performers in a “speed dating” setting where delving deeper than smalltalk, without the distraction of technology, is the ultimate goal.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSelf driving cars are the way of the future, and an advance that could drive Ontario’s automotive sector. Last week, Ontario Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca announced that Ontario would become the first province to allow for testing of automated or self-driving cars.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWestfest, a free arts festival in its 12th year is going 100 per cent green this year in a partnership with mobile solar company, Solar On Site.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA study by a University of Ottawa professor suggests that new technological teaching tools can help increase student engagement and classroom focus in large lecture halls at the U of O.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs the year continues to unfold, students at the University of Ottawa are growing increasingly impatient with the lack of futuristic whimsy in their lives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe following is the game’s description: “This unfortunate girl has so much extra weight that no diet can help her. In our clinic she can go through a surgery called liposuction that will make her slim and beautiful. We’ll need to make small cuts on problem areas and suck out the extra fat. Will you operate her, doctor?”
Are you kidding me?
Reading Time: 2 minutesDue to its long and complex history, English seems to have developed a resilience and flexibility that has allowed it to emerge as the most universal language in the world. Its presence on the global stage makes it particularly susceptible to new words and formulations, but this trait also makes it more adaptable and likely to remain a linguistic power.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Friends don’t give friends viruses. Friends don’t spyware on each other. But I didn’t ask him to get tested and now I’m dealing with the consequences.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstead of coming home and immediately checking Facebook, an aspiring writer could be finishing the rough draft of his or her future bestseller. Rather than wasting the night away on Twitter, that young person who wants to be prime minister could be reading up on world issues.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is something truly wonderful about enjoying the rain instead of worrying about whether or not my assorted electronics will get ruined. I also feel a sense of freedom when I go exploring and see things through two original lenses—my eyes—instead of an Instagram filter.
Reading Time: 2 minutes…schools are jumping the gun in considering ditching cursive writing. It may fall into disuse eventually, but for the time being it should remain a vital part of learning in elementary school.
