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Video: Breaking stuff for science

October 25, 2010

Marina Selezneva from the masters of aerospace engineering program knows how to tear it up in the lab. She demonstrates how lightweight composite material is stress tested for use in the aircraft of tomorrow. The sample is stretched with over 1,000 lbs. of force until it breaks. Ryerson students at the Facility for Research on […]

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Grand theft Gadget

October 19, 2010

Sometimes, a few seconds is all it takes for your expensive new phone to find its way into a stranger’s pocket — and by then, there’s little you can do to get it back. Emma Prestwich shows you how to keep yourself out of the briefs and groaners and turn the tables on would-be thieves.

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Accreditation or bust

October 12, 2010

It’s taken nearly six years, but the Ted Rogers School of Management is hoping an elusive business school accreditation will finally be theirs. Michael Chu reports

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Cut your cable

October 5, 2010

Students hate paying for cable. So do we. That's why we're going to use a little thing called the internet to get you your network TV fix— and sometimes for free. Business and technology editor Matthew Braga shows you how.

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Penny Pinching

October 5, 2010

Saving money isn’t easy, but student bank accounts can be perfect for keeping you out of the red

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Good vibrations

September 28, 2010

Songs for the deaf? That’s what a group of Ryerson professors are planning for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Business and technology editor Matthew Braga reports

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This ain’t Avatar

September 21, 2010

One Ryerson professor is hoping to refine our 3-D viewing experience for the better

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Cracking Ryerson’s Mobile Crowd

September 21, 2010

For student Edwin Chan, it took only 21 seconds to crack the final code. This wasn’t a video game, or even a classroom assignment, but Ryerson Mobile’s Crack The Code contest

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Textbooks on the cheap

September 14, 2010

By Jeff Lagerquist Napster revolutionized the way we acquire and consume music. So what if the same kind of quantum leap were possible for academic texts? Three ambitious Ryerson students might have what it takes to make that happen.

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Get on your soapbox and shout it

September 14, 2010

There’s a new application coming to Blackboard, explains business and technology editor Matthew Braga, and administrators will have no choice but to listen If you’ve got a problem, shouting it out on Gould Street won’t do you much good. But if you so happen to live in industrial era London, that’s a completely different story.

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DMZ adds new media consultant

September 12, 2010

Ryerson University’s innovative Digital Media Zone (DMZ) welcomed its latest hire last week with the appointment of Gerri Sinclair, a veteran digital media consultant. Formerly the chief executive officer of the Centre for Digital Media at Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver, Sinclair, 63, spoke with The Eyeopener about her excitement to begin working at Ryerson amongst those she refers to as “forward thinkers.”

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The Internet: not just for porn

September 2, 2010

By Matthew Braga The Internet: not just for porn As far as sprawling urban centres go, Toronto is likely one of the largest. And while you don’t need to travel far to find something good to do, the trick is knowing what’s worth your time. Business and Technology editor Matthew Braga sifts through the internet’s […]

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