Eric Topol says we'll soon use our smartphones to monitor our vital signs and chronic conditions. At TEDMED, he highlights several of the most important wireless devices in medicine's future -- all helping to keep more of us out of hospital beds. ____________________ Celebration
Waterloo - W.C.I. will be be 50 on June 4-6, 2010. Alumni are invited to enjoy a tremendously fun social at RIM Park indoor boarded soccer fields, with 6 musical groups, munchies and cash bar, on Friday evening.
Kitchener - Twenty-three outstanding students pursuing baccalaureate studies at Conestoga College will receive a total of more than $30,000 in scholarships at Conestoga’s annual recognition night for degree-program students on Thursday, February 25.
Pioneering Biomaterials Researcher and Trent Alumnus Dr. Suresh Narine to help build Emerging Green Chemistry Sector
Peterborough - Trent University’s Dr. Suresh Narine, an internationally renowned expert in the groundbreaking field of biomaterials, has been awarded one of two $1.25 million Ontario Research Chairs in Green Chemistry and Engineering by the Ontario Research Chairs Selection Panel.
TORONTO - Toyota Canada announced that it will install a brake override system on an expanded range of customers' vehicles to provide an additional measure of confidence. This braking system enhancement will automatically reduce engine power when the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal are applied simultaneously under certain driving conditions.
Canadian Computing Competitions the first step to Olympiad gold
WATERLOO - More than 82,000 of Canada's most promising students of mathematics and computer science are this week writing one of four contests designed to challenge the best and brightest, including one leading to the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).
LONDON — Huntington’s disease (HD) is a cruel, hereditary condition that leads to severe physical and mental deterioration, psychiatric problems and eventually, death. Currently, there are no treatments to slow down or stop it.
Reading this book could get you into trouble. At least, it could have in 1633.
Hamilton - That was the year that Galileo Galilei, best-known as the astronomer who held the once heretical, now proven theory that the earth was not the centre of the universe, had his book Dialogo placed on the Index of Prohibited Books, where it stayed for 200 years.
Ottawa – Organizers of the 2010 Olympics had to plan for all kinds of possible security threats, including terrorism. Carleton University is launching a new master’s program that will produce graduates who could help deal with these kinds of issues in the future.
Waterloo Region - Imagine that you’re on stage in front of hundreds of people, doing a five-minute presentation, using a slide deck that forwards every 15 seconds – whether you’re ready or not. What would you do? What would you say? Could you stand the pressure?
You might have heard the saying "Content is King." This idea is now updated, because fresh content is the new king. According to Technorati's State of the Blogosphere series, more than 900,000 blog posts are posted every 24 hours. By posting this fresh content, bloggers are able to add timely and valuable content for their readers, while at the same time increasing traffic to their site, building relationships and establishing themselves as the expert in their fields.
WATERLOO REGION – Rogers TV heats up its winter schedule with the launch of The Jeff Allan Show on Cable 20 next week. Beginning Monday, March 1st, the popular 570 News talk radio show will be simulcast live weekdays from 9AM – 11AM on Rogers TV, Cable 20, offering viewers entertaining opinions along with news, weather and traffic reports from the 570 NEWS studios.
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