Stopping Skynet
The development of artificial intelligence technology has come into the spotlight in popular science as the result of a letter recently drafted by the Future…
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U of M goes to HuroCup
Computer science and computer engineering students from the University of Manitoba have recently returned from HuroCup, an international robotics competition held in Beijing, China. The…
Winnipeg’s tech startup scene
Global Entrepreneurship Week is a worldwide event created to celebrate innovation around the world. One hundred and twenty-five countries participated, hosting over 33,000 activities globally,…
Science media roundup: YouTube
Since its creation in 2005, YouTube has been a staple entertainment website. Through their streaming services, one can find videos on anything from cats to…
IEEEXtreme Programming Challenge 8.0
On Oct. 17 the University of Manitoba hosted IEEEXtreme 8.0, a programming challenge held simultaneously around the world over a 24-hour span. The event began…
The Singularity
Imagine that a team of scientists has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) with capabilities unfathomably far beyond the human mind. As soon as this AI…
The Singularity: good or bad?
When science fiction writers and futurists talk about “the singularity,” they’re referring to the technological singularity. This is a hypothetical future moment at which the machines…
News briefs
Winnipeg Folk fest denies animator application of popular local group The Castle Boys, a popular installation at the campground of the Winnipeg Folk Festival, were…
<strong>CS Women</strong>
The Computer Science Students’ Association (CSSA) has announced that they will be sending two teams to the 2014 Computer Science (CS) Games, one of which…
The price of convenience
Seemingly everyone has a smartphone these days. According to surveys from 2013, almost half of all Canadians and more than half of all Americans use…