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Business & Technology Robots Issue

This motorized art critic can teach us something about ourselves

November 2, 2016

Professors from McMaster and Ryerson collaborated on Kulturbot, a motorized art critic that rolls around art galleries sputtering out its printed review on artistic creations and blank walls alike

Illustration showing faces of one blue and purple robot and another yellow and grey robot

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When worlds collide: our special robots issue

November 1, 2016

Some of these robots are silly, some are serious. But all of them matter

The RamsBot. PHOTO COURTESY MICHAEL MARMETO

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Ryerson’s RamsBot shoots hoops, promotes engineering

November 1, 2016

RamsBot is a robot designed to play basketball and shoot three-pointers, but it’s accomplished more than providing post-game entertainment

Students had to get their robot into the tunnel and inside a chamber in which they couldn’t see the inside. PHOTO: ROB BLAIN

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Building bots for unstable archeological digging

November 1, 2016

An ongoing robotic project at Ryerson could help researchers access unstable archeological dig sites

The Vanguard bomb disposal robot used by Toronto police. PHOTO: NIKHIL SHARMA

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The robots are coming… for your job

November 1, 2016

A report published in June said 42 per cent of the Canadian workforce is at high risk of being impacted by automation over the next two decades, meaning robots may alter many current jobs

Lauren Dwyer PHOTO: SYLVIA LORICO

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Helping people manage anxiety with robots

November 1, 2016

BB-8 might not be able to write your essays, but a robot like it could help you manage stress

A scary clown's head looks scary.

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App of the Week: Clown Spotter

October 30, 2016

Clown Spotter lets users notify people when they see a creepy clown.

Winnie Ng, investigator on a report into precarious work. PHOTO: RANEEM AL-OZZI

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Short-term jobs are a shitty new reality

October 25, 2016

Many told researchers their weekly incomes added up to less than minimum wage and that if they missed work because of illness, they risked not having enough money and losing their job

Taimur malik, founder of Juno. PHOTO: JOEL AGARWAL

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This app can help you make friends in class

October 25, 2016

With this app, students can finally know who their classmates are

Off to save the world. FILE PHOTO

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Rye gets money to improve aircraft wings

October 25, 2016

Ryerson received $240,000 from Bombardier Inc. for a research project into aircraft wings

A smiling poop emoji made of Lego

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Emoji can break the language barrier

October 21, 2016

In a lecture at Ryerson, a U of T prof said emoji are popular partly because they allow communications between people who speak different languages

Panelists talk at the event in the SLC.

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Fashion ethics comes at a cost for businesses: panel

October 21, 2016

A Ryerson fashion panel says producing clothes from local goods is expensive for businesses, but ethical

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