Description: Using virtual reality and neuroscience, this machine let’s you see, hear and even feel what it’s like in another person’s body. Source: FastCompany Date: January 24, 2014 Talk about going on a gender bender. A new machine created by a Spanish design collective combines virtual reality with advanced neuroscientific techniques to let men and women swap bodies… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Ch. 4 – Data
Surgeon Uses Google Glass To Get Critical Data
Description: As Google Glass becomes a little more mainstream, we take a look at how one surgeon is using the technology to gain insights into his patients’ conditions. Source: CNET Date: January 16, 2014 Part of your doctor’s prep routine for surgery could one day include putting on Google Glass. CNET’s Kara Tsuboi takes us inside… Read more »
The Stray Rover on the Far Side of Mars
Description: As “Opportunity” celebrates 10 years today, we take a look at the original Mars Rover “Spirit” and her exploration journey. Source: Mashable Date: January 24, 2014 Hanging over the stage at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium was a giant illustration of NASA’s Opportunity rover, its name blasted in big, celebratory block letters. It was supposed to be an event… Read more »
Communitech Launches Data.Base, the World’s First Structured Big Data Ecosystem
Description: The Federal Government and Communitech hope that a $6.4-million contribution into a new database containing Big Data from various industries will help grow southern Ontario’s economy. Source: Techvibes Date: August 13, 2013 Communitech has launched Data.Base, which it claims is the world’s first structured big data ecosystem. Data.Base, a collaboration amongst government, academia, and the private sector… Read more »
Leading Titles
Introduction to Information Systems, 3rd Canadian Binder Ready Version Update Edition
R. Kelly Rainer, Casey G. Cegielski, Ingrid Splettstoesser-Hogeterp, Cristobal Sanchez-Rodriguez
ISBN: 978-1-119-13385-8
August 2015, © 2016
CDN $98.95; CDN $114.95