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Spring 2022Professor Spotlight: Geoffrey Fong
Meet Geoffrey Fong, a Professor of Psychology and Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo. Learn about his ground breaking research into tobacco control, and the impact it’s having around the world
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Spring 2022A Look at GPT-3
Last year, San Francisco research group OpenAI unveiled its new Natural Language Processing Artificial Intelligence, GPT-3. The program is the third in a line of language intelligences designed by the company, and is a ground -breaking achievement across the whole field of engineered intelligence. Trained on more data than any other program of its kind, the results it generates are astounding.
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Spring 2022Climate Models
Discover how scientists use sophisticated simulations to run experiments that can help us understand not only how our climate may change in the future, but also how it has changed throughout our history.
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Spring 2022Self Driving Tractors
As automation continues to grow in various industries, agriculture is beginning to catch on to the trend. From self-run farms to tractors that drive themselves, it seems that the need for human involvement might be shrinking in farming. But not everyone’s happy about it, and some would prefer their technology and equipment remained unchanged.
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Spring 2022Solid State Batteries
Are electric cars the vehicles of the future? Discover how recent innovations in battery technology could overhaul the automobile industry and overshadow the internal combustion engine.
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Spring 2022The James Webb Space Telescope
NASA recently launched the James Webb Space Telescope. Set to replace the Hubble Space Telescope already in orbit, this new observatory features cutting edge technologies alongside improvements on Hubble’s foundation. But the project is far from perfect and traversed a long road of difficulties in order to make it into space.
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Spring 2022Waste Incineration
Many countries around the world have begun making the transition toward burning waste for fuel. Is this a breakthrough for climate justice or just another impediment to ecological reform?
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Spring 2022Xenobots
New research breaks down the barriers between technology and biology. Discover how artificial intelligence can design tiny robots made of nothing but living cells.
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