The McGill University Health Centre is launching a fundraising effort Tuesday aimed at bringing the latest technology, cutting-edge equipment and brightest medical minds in cardiology to Montreal. With the Fix Broken Hearts campaign, the MUHC Foundation is looking to raise $50 million, $21 million of which has already been committed. That includes an $18-million donation […]
Why the wearables movement desperately needs to take 10,000 steps. There are numbers that mean something to us viscerally. They elicit an image or a feeling without engaging our rational minds. 20 cms of snow. 714 home runs. 92 goals. 12 parsecs. And 10,000 steps. Mahatma Gandhi did a lot of walking in his lifetime. He […]
Will AI suffer from the things our real brains suffer from? Will it be as faulty and as vulnerable as real I? I certainly hope not. But it stands to reason, if the human brain is creating a faster, stronger version of itself, how will our flawed brains ensure its flaws are left out of the new design? […]
I love the big sporting events. I always have. The Olympics. The Masters at Augusta. Wimbledon. And, of course, the World Cup. What is it about the World Cup that is so gripping? What makes us stop walking by a café – with shouts and cries pouring out of it – to watch football on the sidewalk […]
