Posts Tagged: education
A yoga chair to help homebound seniors exercise. A vibrating belt to alert deaf cyclists to traffic noises. A transit alarm strip with a built-in intercom. These were just some of the solutions to Toronto problems devised by first-year U…
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,…
Professor Greg Evans (ChemE) is this year’s recipient of the Northrop Frye Award, one of U of T’s Awards of Excellence. The Northrop Frye Award recognizes those who have gone above and beyond the University’s standard of excellence, setting themselves…
By the end of this year, 60,000 Canadians will have received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of their contributions to Canada. The medal was established to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty’s accession to the…
It may not be as popular as Angry Birds, but the Corrosion iPhone app developed by Jason Tam (MSE 1T2 + PEY) is finding a grateful audience among professional engineers and engineering students. Tam created the app last year when…
Reception was surprisingly good on the phone call from space. “We just flew across Canada,” said Commander Chris Hadfield, speaking from the International Space Station. “It took about seven minutes.” His voice travelled from the reaches of earth’s orbit to…
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