Internet
Intrigued by the idea of harnessing the power of Twitter to find out how Edmonton's green spaces, playgrounds or open wi-fi affect mental health, a group of University of Alberta graduate students and alumni developed a web ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Engineering
The world approaches an environmental tipping point, and our decisions now regarding energy, resources, and the environment will have profound consequences for the future. Despite this, most sustainable thought tends to be ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Business
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured hours of prickly questioning from lawmakers Wednesday as he defended the company's new globally ambitious project to create a digital currency while also dealing with widening scrutiny ...
Oct 24, 2019
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Engineering
A chatbot turns hostile. A test version of a Roomba vacuum collects images of users in private situations. A Black woman is falsely identified as a suspect on the basis of facial recognition software, which tends to be less ...
Apr 19, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Across the African continent, more than 300 new hydropower projects are planned to meet the growing demand for electricity. Some of these will require big dams, which can have major negative environmental impacts. Another ...
Jun 6, 2024
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Automotive
A new study from McGill University warns that cutting public transit service could lead to a "doom spiral" resulting in a collapse of the system. The paper is published in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the ...
Jun 13, 2024
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Engineering
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) Civil and Natural Resource Engineering Professor Derek Warner, alongside his research partners, has developed a method for faster and cheaper fatigue testing for ...
Jun 10, 2024
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