Panelists are Grant Hutchison, Mariel García Montes, Paul Heidebrecht and Scott Campbell.
How can you spot altered news stories? How do you verify sources of information? What is the goal of disinformation campaigns? Join us for an interactive discussion on the importance of digital literacy for ordinary citizens as well as practical ways to address the era of alternative facts. Project Ploughshares researchers and communications staff will share insights into ways that we evaluate information, determine validity of sources and navigate social media platforms.
Demine Robotics is bringing their robotic solution into the Cambodian minefields to clear explosives and needs your support!
Please join Demine Robotics on International Mine Awareness Day, Thursday, April 4th and be a part of the journey of building robots with a humanitarian mission.
I was interested to see different takes on the 'net concerning a bit of recent medical research. The research involves inhibiting expression of a gene called RCAN1, which seems to regulate body fat. Long story short, research suggests that inhibiting this gene in mice allows them to remain "thin" in spite of eating a diet in excess of their normal requirements.
The question naturally arises: What does this mean for humans?
I was intrigued to read a piece by Joe Dysart in the Communications of the ACM concerning food delivery by self-driving vehicles. According to the article, there are a number of start-ups working on delivering food parcels to people's doors or curbs using driverless delivery vans.
Interested in the discussion on tech for good and responsible uses of artificial intelligence and robotics? Join us in Waterloo on November 14 and hear Ryan Gariepy, Chief Technology Officer of Clearpath Robotics and Otto Motors, speak about the issues of autonomous weapons and the need for an international treaty banning these weapons systems.
Apple recently held a big event in which it updated a number of its non-iPhone products, namely the MacBook Air, the Mac Mini, and the iPad Pro.
For the first two, this update is the first in several years. As Will Oremus points out in his take on the event, this fact cannot help but suggest that these devices are on their way out:
But for the Macs, it feels less like a golden age than the golden years.
The co-founders of world-renowned humanitarian organization Engineers Without Borders, Parker Mitchell (BASc 1999) and George Roter (BASc 1999), will deliver a public lecture titled “Global Impact One Engineer at a Time: Why we Founded Engineers Without Borders" about their journey from their time as engineering students at the University of Waterloo, to the founding of EWB, and their careers since and beyond. Students, alumni, and the community are invited to hear their entrepreneurial journey and then to ask questions in a Q&A session.
An "anti-crime" community group called Wake Up Surrey in Surrey, B.C., has alleged that there is a "well-coordinated election fraud scheme underway within the South Asian community" there.
Launch of the new Institute occurs on Friday, Sep. 27 at 10am, Bruce White Atrium–M3.