Note to Reader: This is an opinion piece from the youth perspective. The United States has done far too much to pursue oil, with many of their actions being mistakes which have had immediate negative consequences and even more disastrous consequences which have become apparent over time. These actions have assisted in the creation of…
Banana space bars, piano stairs, you name it! MaKey MaKey is a circuit board that allows you to connect objects to control your computer… random objects, yes, but I think the creators have reached their ultimate goal: to inspire creativity among the public.
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Recently, hacktivist group Anonymous released its own Operating System (OS) for computers, called Anonymous-OS. Now, if you don’t know what Anonymous is, it is a group of people across the internet who claim to practice and promote certain social causes through online dissidence. For example, to send a message that the takedown of MegaUpload was…
Looking for a productive and fun way to spend summer this year? The University of Alberta offers its W.I.S.E.S.T. (Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, and Technology) Summer Research program. This program exposes Grade 11 students to first-hand research experience at the University of Alberta as paid research assistants, and although the title of the program fails to mention…
Are you interested in math, science, technology, medicine or engineering? Want to become more involved in the community? How about having a professional scientist or engineer as your mentor? Cybermentor.ca matches girls ages 11 to 18 with positive female role models with careers in diverse fields. Through weekly email exchanges, you’ll gain insight into life as a…
I promise I am not a spokesperson from Starbucks. Here is the result of another photo shoot at the coffee shop.
As the new year begins to settle in and peoples’ new years resolutions start to take action, why not learn more about yourself. People always seem to be constantly interested in why they act the way they do, or reading horoscopes to explain the events that take place during over the years. Here is a…
Stress and exams are a part of high school life, but when there’s boring work to be done, there’s procrastination. More times than not procrastination is viewed as a time-waster, but there is, however, productive procrastination. I have been told that when preparing for a diploma exam, you should study 20 hours of the subject…
Do you know what you want to be when you grow up? In today’s society, people don’t realize that there are constantly new jobs available. Everyone is under the assumption that they have to be a doctor, engineer or scientist. NO. There are plenty of other options where you can make money and have a…
I was truly amazed when I watched this video illustrating the effects of the phantom flex camera that films everything in extreme slow motion (that’s 2, 564 frames per second for all you techies). The results are truly exceptional and very much “Inception”-like. [youtube LRo-L9zYf-M]
Over the past 150 years, humans have advanced technologically at an increasingly rapid pace – we’ve gone from horses to cars; cars to planes; and planes to spacecraft. Nowadays, people (at least in the developed world) drive cars more often than not; there are flights across the globe on a daily basis; there are even…
Warning: Battlefield 3 is an “M” rated game (17+) There are basically four game types in the online multiplayer – team deathmatch (team vs. team, first to get a certain number of kills win), squad deathmatch (multiple squads, first to get a certain amount of kills win), rush (team vs. team, attackers must plant and…
Recently I heard about the different benefits of Botox, other than the well known use of reducing the signs of aging. Botox first began being used in the ’70s to treat people who were cross eyed, also known as strabismus, and then in 2002 it became very popular with middle-aged women as a cosmetic treatment…
Ever been in a situation when someone asks you a question that is one Google search away from the answer (why did they ask you that question in the first place!), and you’re just feeling a bit too nice to ask them to Google it themselves? Well, Let Me Google That For You is a…