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David Hanson has an idea he believes will change the world: Build inherently benevolent robots with artificial intelligence that rivals human brainpower and let them solve the problems we can’t wrap our heads around. His robots — Jules, Albert Hubo … Read more

Centennial College will host the North American launch of The Global Poverty Project in partnership with Chris Adams, executive producer of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, on Friday, Sept. 11 at 11 am at The Danforth Music Hall with the … Read more

When one of Edna Levitt’s elderly clients sheepishly handed her a neatly folded note, Levitt wasn’t sure what to expect. The contents of the letter, however, left the 69-yearold trainer howling with laughter.  "It was a prescription from her doctor," … Read more

ideacity09 hears back from ‘God’s Prophet’. ideacity encourages an open and ongoing dialogue about ideas, issues, points of view and personal beliefs. Please read the letter ideacity09 presenter Ronald Weinland published on his website and sent to ideacity Host and … Read more

It doesn’t happen often, but once in a while an utterly captivating idea for urban reinvention comes along. Toronto architect Les Klein’s proposal for a green roof over a seven-kilometre stretch of the Gardiner Expressway is one such idea. Klein, … Read more

The Earth’s surface is 71 percent water, yet most of the world’s undersea depths remain unexplored. But one Southern California man is getting ready to embark on an underwater expedition around the world. Scott Cassell and his team will spend … Read more

  Hod Lipson is director of Cornell University’s Computational Synthesis Lab (CCSL) at the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ithaca, N.Y. He focuses on novel ways for automatic design, fabrication and adaptation of virtual and physical machines. He … Read more

Idea City is an annual Toronto event featuring exceptional people who present their ideas and experiences in a seminar style. It is the brainchild of ex-Montrealer Moses Znaimer. I say "ex-Montrealer" not lightly. Ex-Montrealers do make up a "nation" of … Read more

Will Alsop has beaten Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and Herzog & de Meuron to be named number one in a list of the world’s 10 most creative people in architecture. The list, compiled by American technology and design magazine Fast … Read more

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