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Toronto Takes Center Stage at the 2024 Collision Tech Conference

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Brace yourselves, Tech enthusiasts! Collision –  North America’s booming tech event, returns to Toronto from June 17th to 20th, 2024. This year promises to be bigger and intends to blow your mind even more than before. A Global Hub for Innovation: Imagine a place where industry giants, groundbreaking startups, and renowned thought leaders converge. That’s …

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The Nixie Tube Clock: Modern Tech in a Vintage Body

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The allure of old-school technology seems to fascinate us. Whether it’s vinyl records, film photography, or even flip phones, consumers maintain a fascination with tech from bygone eras. For certain electronic visionaries, the aesthetic design of vintage devices has found new life in their products. Vacuum tube tech, also referred to as thermionic valves, played …

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Unearthing Nostalgia: The RayCue 128K Dock Reimagines the Macintosh 128K

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It’s Retro Friday. It is hard to believe but forty years ago, the Apple Macintosh was unveiled. Often referred to as the Macintosh 128K. This significant piece of computing history represented a breakthrough in personal computing with its disruptive graphical user interface (GUI), built-in screen, and mouse. It made computing more accessible to a broader …

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Pressure Points: How Withings is Revolutionizing Hypertension Tech

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May marks the observance of Hypertension Awareness Month, making it the perfect opportunity to prioritize your blood pressure health. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that around 1.28 billion adults between the ages of 30 and 79 are affected by hypertension globally. Known more commonly as high blood pressure, this medical condition is characterized by …

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From Cubicles to Clouds: The Kensington Tech Revolution for Hot-Desking

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The vacancy rates for office spaces in major cities have been impacted significantly due to changes brought about by the pandemic. For example cities like San Francisco has seen the vacancy rate climbing by 19.8 percentage points (p.p.) in just over three years leaving many office spaces empty. In 2023, downtown cities were not as …

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A Birddy’s Eye View: A High-Tech Birdhouse Story

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As the world awakens to spring, so do our feathered friends. For bird enthusiasts and avid birdwatchers, this is an exciting time to prepare welcoming abodes for our avian neighbors. Birdhouses play a crucial role—they offer a secure refuge for birds to build their nests, shielded from harsh weather and potential predators. But why settle …

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A Rabbit leap forward for Artificial Intelligence

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The last twelve months stood out as a transformative year for Artificial intelligence (AI). 2023 was indeed a significant year for artificial intelligence (AI), witnessing remarkable advancements and widespread adoption. Researchers achieved remarkable breakthroughs in AI, spanning computer vision, speech recognition, and machine learning. These strides propelled AI into new realms of capability. The emergence of GPT-4, a powerful …

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A Transparent Solution for the problem of Eye Contact in Video Conferencing

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Has video conferencing reduced the impact of Eye Contact? Over the last few years, video conferencing has exploded as a result of the pandemic. Whether it professional or personal, the use of video platforms has increased in popularity. Unfortunately progress in this communication technology has provided people with challenges. One of the difficulties of video …

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