Engineering

The University of Waterloo opened a new wireless technologies facility today, one that will be used to test electromagnetic devices. The Centre for Intelligent Antenna...

AMD moves into embedded computing market with Hierofalcon and Bald Eagle

Candice So - September 10, 2013

AMD Inc., the semiconductor maker based out of the U.S., today announced its game plan for the embedded computing market, bringing out both ARM...

Apple rolls out two new iPhones – 5C and 5S, as rumour had it

Candice So - September 10, 2013

Apple Inc. has finally released not one, but two phones – the iPhone 5C and the 5S – proving many of the predictions being...

HP monitors come with touchscreen, ergonomically friendly

Candice So - September 5, 2013

Hewlett-Packard Corp. released a new line of desktops today, looking to attract a more specialized consumer demographic by building products with ergonomics, touch screens,...

Google Glass Explorer builds real-world apps for futuristic headgear

Brian Jackson - August 27, 2013

One of Canada's 10 Google Glass Explorers is trying to get Toronto ready for the wearable technology that he says has big potential to...

Canadian schools miss the podium at international coding contest

Brian Jackson - July 5, 2013

For the first time at the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), the University of Waterloo can't claim to be the top Canadian school. Instead...

Anatomy of a championship-level computer programming problem

Brian Jackson - July 4, 2013

The top computer programming talent from universities around the world was all pooled in St. Petersburg, Russia on Wednesday for the International Collegiate Programming...

Alberta students scoop fourth place in international AI programming challenge

ITBusiness Staff - July 3, 2013

ST. PETERSBURG -- The University of Lethbridge won fourth place overall at an international programming challenge pitting them against other top coding talent from...

3D software firm wins $9.5 million government loan

Brian Jackson - June 26, 2013

A Vancouver-based 3D software firm that has been used in training operations by the Canadian military will be given a "repayable contribution" of $9.5...

Bitmaker Labs shuts down, under investigation for running ‘unregistered college’

Brian Jackson - June 24, 2013

Editor's note: Story updated at 8:30 PM with comment from the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities. A Toronto-based Web developer "boot camp" that charged...

Real-world 3D printing isn’t about guns and goodies

Grant Buckler - June 21, 2013

Some exotic uses of 3D printers have been in the news lately, from printing goodies with chocolate to turning out guns. Intriguing as those...

Original Apple built by Wozniak in Jobs’ garage fetches a king’s ransom

Jeff Jedras - May 28, 2013

Who says old computers don’t keep their value? Some of them do, such as the functioning Apple 1 that sold at auction in Germany...

Businesses should embrace change or prepare to fail

Candice So - May 27, 2013

Canadian businesses must be prepared to embrace innovation and changes in technology - or run the risk of becoming obsolete. That was the focus of...

The Web gets real: The democratization of manufacturing

Dave Webb - May 14, 2013

"That's when I realized: I got robots in China to work for me. And they took PayPal." That's the punchline to Chris Anderson's anecdote about...

4K monitors’ future bright because ‘people love pixels’

Dave Webb - May 1, 2013

The falling price of ultra high-resolution displays, commonly called 4K2K or simply 4K displays, is leading to the same chicken-and-egg conundrum high-definition TVs faced...

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