I saw my first Google Street View car cruising around Regina today, and the first thought that went through my head was that of looking forward to seeing all the confused looks of my fellow citizens as the car drives by with a giant high definition 360 camera strapped to the top. I entertained this [...]
Canadian researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to harness the power of sulphur, which has over 3 times the energy density of traditional materials, in rechargable batteries. The process involves melting the sulphur and pouring it on to porus carbon which drew in the melted liquid sulphur and created sulphur nanofibers [...]
Imagine yourself reading a book. Imagine the feel of the paper in your hands, the ease with which you turn the page, the thrill of wondering what comes next. Now imagine yourself reading a newspaper. Imagine the paper as it resists your every attempt to keep it straight, the woman next to you on the [...]
According to an article at ComputerWorld.com Microsoft is planning on giving away free copies of the first release candidate for Windows 7, the latest generation of operating systems to make its way out of Redmond. While the general public has to wait a few days (May 5th) to snag this download, it’s already been made [...]
I was browsing the CBC.ca website the other day and found an article about Canadian universities which compelled me to leave a comment, so I clicked on the handy “sign up to comment” button. Things went downhill from there. Apparently every time I tried to submit my information it was considered “unsafe” and it [...]
In the last few months I’ve been making a few more professional decisions. I’m nowhere near done university yet I’ve been so anxious to learn everything I possibly can about my chosen field of Computer Science that I have less than a year left in my major yet I’m still close to two years away [...]
Amazon just went nuclear on the public API front, making over a terrabyte worth of information available to developers through a searchable API rivaling Google. Everything from US census information and labour statistics to the entire English section of Wikipedia in machine readable format.
Image via Wikipedia Okay, this makes me happy and I’m not sure why. http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/100901.html A fine example of what Apple Logic Studio is capable of, and I’m looking forward to seeing the Apple Pro Apps team at SIAST on Thursday demonstrate the newest features of this platform. Just in case anybody wasn’t in the know, [...]
