Think Tank: The Case for Hiring a ‘Digital Anthropologist’

Digital anthropology as an area of study refers directly to the relationship that exists between humans and digital-era technology, and studying how people interact with technology.

‘Urban Mining’ of E-Waste 13x Cheaper Than Mining Virgin Metals

 Newly published research shows that the revenue from selling metals recovered through recycling television sets far outweighs the recyclers’ expenses. With these offsets, it costs 13 times more to obtain these metals from ore than from urban mining.

U of T researchers develop portable 3D skin printer to repair deep wounds

University of Toronto researchers have developed a handheld 3D skin printer that deposits even layers of skin tissue to cover and heal deep wounds. The team believes it to be the first device that forms tissue in situ, depositing and setting in place, within two minutes or less.

Fox professor’s research: How Detroit is thriving

When a factory closes, we lose 5,000 blue-collar jobs, and then when you open a research and development center, you only create 100 knowledge jobs. That’s been happening in Detroit for decades. In short, this is not a recipe for a healthy metropolitan area. The innovation ecosystem is very healthy, but it has not helped the city very much.”

R and Python are joining forces, in the most ambitious crossover event of the year—for programmers

 Ursa Labs will try to make sharing data and code with someone using another data science language easier, by creating new standards that work in all of them. 

Study Reveals Plants Communicate Through Root Secretions

A new study published this illustrates that plants use their roots to prompt their neighbors to grow by secreting chemicals.