How to drive forever
What if eight grams of fuel could power your car for a lifetime? What if that fuel was a radioactive element? Would you still be…
technology
Computers designed like brains
Nature often supplies us with great ideas for engineering. Leonardo da Vinci drew concepts of flying machines based on observing birds in motion, centuries before…
Here come the cyborgs
With the recent release of the game Deus Ex: Human Revolution, my mind has turned to the upcoming options for our cyborg futures. Though the…
One step closer to curing the common cold
Broad spectrum antibiotic drugs such as penicillin have saved countless lives via the eradication of bacterial infections. Unfortunately, we are still forced to suffer through…
Point / Counterpoint
Point / Counterpoint is a platform in which two parties discuss pertinent cultural issues from opposing sides. It’s a real debate, and like any honest…
Swaggerville right into the fan’s hearts
Not everyone buys into the social networking trend, and as far as social networking websites go, Twitter is probably the most polarizing. From the initially…
A thorough account of social networking
Ah social networking, just one of many present-day trends that seems at least partially dependant on describing itself as “a thing of the future.” So…
Patents
Patents, while at first glance seem to be rather dry and unremarkable, are invariably affecting everything that you do, especially when it comes to technology…
Communication overrated
I have often found myself regarded with scepticism by male friends and colleagues as I explain my distaste for the current trendiness of yoga tights…
Zoological investigations
Ah, summer in Winnipeg: muggy heat we can’t stand after eight months of zero humidity and freakishly cold winter, freak storms, flooding, mosquitoes, canker worms,…