Prof. Steve Mann invented the hydraulophone, a musical instrument that you play by putting your fingers on jets of water. This one is installed at the Ontario Science Centre, but Mann is often seen around town with his invention.
Demo of a new way to interact with a computer desktop, using 3D presentation and animation. Bumptop is presented by Anand Agarawala at the TED Talks in March 2007.
Jesse Hirsh host of 3D Dialogue interviews University of Toronto Philosophy Professor Ronald de Sousa regarding Atheism. “Every religion is right about one thing. And that is that all the others are completely wrong.” – Prof. Ronald de Sousa
Is there a way to get around the firewalls of China and other countries that censor the Net? Ron Deibert thinks so. He and colleagues from the University of Toronto, Oxford and Harvard have created encoded software that circumvents these firewalls. It is discreetly distributed to citizens in firewall countries. Will it succeed? Deibert is [...]
Prof. Robert Austin on the moral argument for Kosovo’s declaration of independence Robert Austin is the Graduate Coordinator for the Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Munk Center for International Studies at the University of Toronto.
What would Marshall McLuhan, who came up with such terms as “the global village” and “the medium is the message,” think of YouTube? I think he predicted this would happen more than forty years ago. Clips and quotes from the visionary thinker. Source: YouTube, October 12, 2006 Let us know what you think McLuhan would [...]
