Winter 2016
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Winter 2016Hackathons
Fun and Productive
Traditionally associated with criminals and a lot of high-speed typing, hacking is now less nefarious and more about personal, professional, and educational growth. This new meaning came along with the introduction of wide scale, often international events where hundreds of university students got together and spent a day or a weekend making something.
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Winter 2016Recommended Laptops for Students
The Endless Struggle
This million-dollar question is asked by students at the start of every new semester. What kind of laptop should you buy? Not every computer suits everyone. Here are some tips to choose a laptop wisely in terms of cost, practicality, and your own intended usage.
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Winter 2016Li-Fi
The Network of the Future?
In the coming years Wi-Fi may have competition in the form of Visible Light Communications (VLC), also known as Li-Fi. Li-Fi can be used for all the same functions as Wi-Fi, but while Wi-Fi uses radio signals to transfer information, Li-Fi uses light in the visible or infrared and ultraviolet spectra.
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Winter 2016Alternative Keyboard Layouts
Is There a Better Way?
The QWERTY keyboard was purportedly originally created to ensure that high-use keys were far away from one another on a typewriter to avoid jams, reduce the need for machinery repair, and keep typist speeds up. Isn’t it about time we switched to a better, more efficient layout?
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Winter 2016Bionic Legs
The Future of Technology and Medicine?
Since 2012 in Europe, and 2014 in the United States, some paraplegic individuals have had the opportunity to begin walking again. Whereas the word “bionics” was once solely used by science fiction writers dreaming up an idyllic or dystopic future, it is now used to describe a physical product on the rehabilitation market with the potential to spread to consumers everywhere. Built to mimic an exoskeleton, these bionic devices are battery powered and can accommodate people with varying levels of strength and paralysis.
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Winter 20163D Touch
Small Feature, Big Help
The newest iteration in Apple’s iPhone line up, the iPhone 6S, was released on September 25th 2015. The most interesting feature in the new model is its pressure-sensitive screen which has a feature Apple is calling “3D touch,”. It makes use of two new touch gestures: "Peek" and "Pop" that make the iPhone easier and quicker to use.
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Winter 2016Spotify
Music Streaming King?
Spotify is a music playing program developed and launched in 2008 at Spotify Sweden AB in Stockholm, Sweden. It is an on-demand online music library that allows subscribers to listen to their favourite songs, new releases, or even the greatest hits in history. You can download the application onto your computer, tablet, and/or mobile device, and use Spotify to connect to the internet to search through millions of songs.
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