Western researchers are partnering with a Toronto technology start-up in developing a low-cost radar sensor that will greatly benefit traditionally costly search-and-rescue efforts. Sightline Innovation Inc. will collaborate with Jagath Samarabandu and Xi …
Month: November 2012
Future of music
Often, we think of music as entertainment. We go to a concert, enjoy familiar tunes and go home hopefully feeling at least as good as when we arrived. However, for me, music has the potential to bring one into the realm of the unknown, closer to the unknowable, and finally, to a state of grace.
The future of neuroscience
Within the last 40 years, extraordinary technological developments in the field of brain imaging have produced a cornucopia of new techniques for examining both the structure and the functioning of the living human brain.
Future of film
In 1995, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French cinématographe, the Lumière Museum gave the original film camera and projector to some of the most interesting and well-‐respected film directors of our time, inviting them to shoot a film in the same conditions that the pioneers used to do it.
The future of humanities
The humanities, we are being told, has no future as technology has already rendered it obsolete. There is little new in this, of course; the demise of the humanities has been imminent for at least 30 years. What is, perhaps, different now, is it has a new champion, one that will putatively reinvigorate and renew our disciplines, but simultaneously cause some disquiet among many it has come to ‘save.’
Future of domestic and workplace violence
In the next 40 years, domestic violence will be a rare occurrence.
Future of religion
The world religion model will become a great deal more complex. Add in people with dual-conscience religious lives, hybrid and new religious movements, the obvious importance of First Nations’ values and systems, and there will be a very different set of social patterns in 2052.
Future of academic research
To truly realize the value of publicly funded research, a key priority of the coming years and decades will be to mobilize knowledge derived from scholarship for the public good.
Future of renewable energy
Born on Oct. 30, 2011, Danica May Camacho was the seven billionth human on this Earth.
Future of veterans
How do we care for the growing population of young military veterans after they return from combat deployment? An answer to this question is not as simple as one might presume.
Future of classical studies
In myths from ancient Greek and Roman culture, Prometheus gave the technologies of fire and writing to humans. Some ancient writers saw these gifts as a curse, others as blessings.
Future of art
When I consider where my discipline will be in 40 years, I think of a question writer Jennifer Higgie asks about the value of art in society: “How can change be manifested if it can’t first be imagined?”
Future of inclusive education
The foundation of inclusive education is a belief all students belong and are valued members of their classroom and neighbourhood school communities. By including and valuing all members of the classroom, educators provide caring communities that appreciate the unique contributions and diversity of all people.
Future of music
Often, we think of music as entertainment. We go to a concert, enjoy familiar tunes and go home hopefully feeling at least as good as when we arrived. However, for me, music has the potential to bring one into the realm of the unknown, closer to the unknowable, and finally, to a state of grace.
The future of neuroscience
Within the last 40 years, extraordinary technological developments in the field of brain imaging have produced a cornucopia of new techniques for examining both the structure and the functioning of the living human brain.
Future of film
In 1995, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French cinématographe, the Lumière Museum gave the original film camera and projector to some of the most interesting and well-‐respected film directors of our time, inviting them to shoot a film in the same conditions that the pioneers used to do it.
The future of humanities
The humanities, we are being told, has no future as technology has already rendered it obsolete. There is little new in this, of course; the demise of the humanities has been imminent for at least 30 years. What is, perhaps, different now, is it has a new champion, one that will putatively reinvigorate and renew our disciplines, but simultaneously cause some disquiet among many it has come to ‘save.’
Future of domestic and workplace violence
In the next 40 years, domestic violence will be a rare occurrence.
Future of religion
The world religion model will become a great deal more complex. Add in people with dual-conscience religious lives, hybrid and new religious movements, the obvious importance of First Nations’ values and systems, and there will be a very different set of social patterns in 2052.
Future of academic research
To truly realize the value of publicly funded research, a key priority of the coming years and decades will be to mobilize knowledge derived from scholarship for the public good.
Future of renewable energy
Born on Oct. 30, 2011, Danica May Camacho was the seven billionth human on this Earth.
Future of veterans
How do we care for the growing population of young military veterans after they return from combat deployment? An answer to this question is not as simple as one might presume.
Future of classical studies
In myths from ancient Greek and Roman culture, Prometheus gave the technologies of fire and writing to humans. Some ancient writers saw these gifts as a curse, others as blessings.
Future of art
When I consider where my discipline will be in 40 years, I think of a question writer Jennifer Higgie asks about the value of art in society: “How can change be manifested if it can’t first be imagined?”
Future of inclusive education
The foundation of inclusive education is a belief all students belong and are valued members of their classroom and neighbourhood school communities. By including and valuing all members of the classroom, educators provide caring communities that appreciate the unique contributions and diversity of all people.