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Traffic lights that think. Apps that use drivers’ input. These are some of the ideas that U of T Engineering experts offer for easing Toronto’s traffic problems. Their ideas are outlined in “The Road Out of Gridlock City,” an article…
Imagine driving almost 900 kilometres on one litre of gas. A U of T Engineering student team is hoping to do just that at the annual Shell Eco-Marathon Challenge in Houston, Texas in early April. The aptly named University of…
What does a discussion among approximately 140 high school students, volunteers, teachers and world-leading scientists on the subject of stem cells sound like? Oddly personal, important and revolutionary. “A student was saying that one of his friends died of leukemia…
When UTIAS Professor Reza Emami began teaching a new AER525 Robotics course recently, he had a problem: No robots. At first, Emami and his students had to make do with rudimentary simulations. Eventually he managed to procure a few tabletop robots. However,…
What can sports teams learn from the manufacturing industry? Plenty, according to Professor Timothy Chan(MIE) and Douglas Fearing, an Assistant Professor in Technology and Operations Management at the Harvard Business School. Professor Chan and Fearing took first place in the 2013…
ECE Professor and father of ‘wearable computing’ Steve Mann has granted readers a rare glimpse behind the glass in a feature article for IEEE Spectrum Tech Alert. In the profile, titled ‘Steve Mann: My Augmediated’ Life,’ Mann addresses the pros and pitfalls of embracing…
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