February 2012
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An intuitive shape-based Chinese character input... →
Feb 21st
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An intuitive shape-based Chinese character input... →
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January 2012
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Honey badger don't care: Wired's Top 10 New... →
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December 2011
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Tenebrio molitor: the future of food?
Are mealworms the food of the future? Learn about insects as a sustainable food source: December 12, 2011 // 6:30 pm // CSI Annex // 720 Bathurst St (just south of Bloor), Toronto. $15 admission includes the talk, canapes (both buggy and bug-free), cava, cooking demos, and an opera performance. Email aruna@philosopheroffood.com to join the guest list (must be on the guest list to attend).
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November 2011
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Nov 28th
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MaRS Centre for Impact Investing will be hosting... →
Nov 22nd
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Penicillin paintings
Little-known fact: Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, also developed a way to paint with microbes. Using microbes of different colours, he timed the incubations so that all organisms would mature at the same time, creating a picture. See “Painting with Penicillin” at the Smithsonian. 
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Nov 18th
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Performing medicine
It’s not unusual for dancers and artists to study anatomy, so why not turn that around? Performing Medicine uses performance and visual arts to teach medical students and healthcare workers. Check out their different performances, including “Anatomie in Four Quarters”.
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Nov 7th
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October 2011
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Last Friday’s awesome Treehouse Talks by @philosopherfood, @the1console & Miroslav Lovric are up on vimeo! 
Oct 21st
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did...”
– I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words | Brain Pickings
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September 2011
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August 2011
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http://bigthink.com/ideas/39717 →
The Big Think has picked up on Coptic Priest Jeremiah Attaalla’s anti-gay rhetoric with his call for parents to take their kids out of the Toronto Catholic District School Board if they dare protect the human rights of homosexuals. Is this the 19th century? It feels like it sometimes. 
Aug 16th
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July 2011
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Jul 13th
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http://collisiondetection.net/ →
A transcript of a conversation between technology writer Clive Thompson and a chatbot. A 21st century Turing test for the IM crowd. Hilarious. @pomeranian99
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June 2011
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Support Jordan's Principle to resolve harmful... →
Jordan River Anderson of Norway House Cree Nation was ready to go home from hospital when he was two years old but he went on to spent over two years unnecessarily in hospital as the Province of Manitoba and the Government of Canada could not agree on who should pay for his at home care. Tragically for Jordan, he passed away at the age of 5 never having spent a day in a family home while...
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May 2011
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The history of a metaphor: the ship as head of... →
“Sail on. Sail on, o mighty ship of state. To the shores of need, past the reefs of greed, through the squalls of hate.” - Leonard Cohen “Democracy”
May 25th
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A beautifully made video by Ryan Varga, which highlights the Makers and goings-on at Toronto Mini Maker Faire (May 7 & 8, 2011).
May 12th
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May 6th
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Conference: Understanding Visual Music
Visual music sounds like the ultimate collaboration of art forms. What is it? What does it mean? How is technology involved? Where is it going? Find answers to these questions at Understanding VISUAL Music 2011, August 26-27, 2011 in Montreal. To contribute a performance, installation or research to this conference, submit your proposal by June 18, 2011.
May 5th
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April 2011
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“Meme les pigeons vont au paradis” is some of best animation I’ve seen lately (and good sound too - listen to the sound of floorboards!). By Samuel Tourneux. With subtitles.
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Gartner Says By 2015, More Than 50 Percent of... →
[snip] “Gamification describes the broad trend of employing game mechanics to non-game environments such as innovation, marketing, training, employee performance, health and social change,” said Brian Burke, an analyst at Gartner. “Enterprise architects, CIOs and IT planners must be aware of, and lead, the business trend of gamification, educate their business counterparts and...
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March 2011
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