Science/Tech briefs
Gold Medal Science A physics professor from the University of Toronto has been awarded the Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medal for Science and Engineering by the National Sciences and Engineering Research...
View ArticleBetter wifi for U of M
By the fall semester, students using wifi on campus will experience stronger distribution and more consistent service from the university. Information services and technology (IST) are working to...
View ArticleWireless expanded throughout campus
The frustration of realizing there is no wireless access in one of your classes may now be gone. The U of M has recently upgraded and expanded their wireless network to include wireless N in nine...
View ArticleHow to win an online debate
A Facebook friend of yours has posted a link to some political article or video or cartoon with a comment to the effect of “OMG! SO WRONG.” But it doesn’t seem that wrong to you. You say as much in a...
View ArticleOpen access “tipping point”
A recent study funded by the European Commission and undertaken by analysts at Science-Metrix, a Montreal-based company that assesses science and technology organizations, has concluded that half of...
View ArticleWeighing in
Over the last month we’ve been hard at work on the back end of our website. Among other things, we have switched to a new web host that provides a better service than we were previously getting. The...
View ArticleNet neutrality and cyber surveillance
Buzz words like “net neutrality” and “cyber surveillance” are often heard and seen in the media, along with various bills referred to by various acronyms. What does it all mean, and why should you...
View ArticleInternet everywhere
It is estimated that in 2015, only 45 per cent of the world’s population is connected to the Internet. For those of us in more privileged areas of the world, being without Wi-Fi or LTE access is an...
View ArticleUnderstanding the web: HTML and CSS
I have no particular qualifications or expertise in the field of web programming and design. I learned to do it the old-fashioned – and still the best – way: at 11 years of age, in my parents’...
View ArticleThe Internet of things
You wake up this morning, head through your apartment door and without having to do anything your car responds to your impending arrival and starts, saving you from having to worry about sitting in the...
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