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Crowds, crowds and internet everywhere by Duncan Kinney | Illustrations by Rodrigo López Orozco Cloud Computing | kloud kom•pyoot•ing | noun You can put the umbrella away for now, because those strange looking clouds forming overhead aren’t full of rain or snow, but instead a new information technology paradigm. Cloud computing, the loose term applied to any IT [...]

Tags: information technology, Science & Technology, social media
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by Caitlin Crawshaw / Illustration by Sonia Roy Sidebar: Boldly Going Where No Man Has Gone Before This past April, thousands of Star Trek fans flocked to the small Alberta town of Vulcan to meet 79-year-old Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Spock in the short-lived but highly influential television series. The town, which shares the name of [...]

Tags: aerospace, Ian Mann, Science & Technology, space industry, Spar
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Renowned Chicago architect Sara Beardsley of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture was a speaker at the Reimagine Series this spring in both Edmonton and Calgary. She spoke to Alberta Venture about redefining our urban landscapes. by Colleen Biondi Photograph by Bluefish CRITICAL EYE: Architect Sara Beardsley says there is plenty of opportunity for Alberta’s big-city buildings to [...]

Tags: architecture, carbon reduction, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Reimagine Series, Sara Beardsley, Science & Technology
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Photos by Bryce Krynski Based in Medicine Hat, the Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems (CCUVS) was established in 2007 thanks to funding from the Rural Alberta Development Fund and Western Economic Diversification Canada. The centre has a number of functions under its purview, including the development of standards for the flight of unmanned aircraft, research [...]

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Breaking the Sound Barrier By Tricia Radison | Photography by John Gaucher BOLDLY GOING: Tech guru James Hildebrandt is cracking the lucrative gamers market with his cutting-edge headphones Billed as “a radical departure” from any other headphone on the market, some innovative headphones have captured the attention of gamers and audiophiles and are propelling a tiny [...]

Tags: audiophile, CompSource, gaming, George Thorn, James Hildebrandt, MOG, NCH.com, Newegg, Psyko Audio Labs, Sales & Marketing, Science & Technology, TigerDirect
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