While artificial intelligence isn’t new by any stretch — the earliest successful AI program dates back to the 1950s — it has been a hot topic this year. But it’s not just about the scientific disciplines. Visual artists, writers, choreographers and more are learning how to live in harmony with the simulation of human intelligence.
Intelligent machines are hard at work, day and night, on more aspects of daily life than you may realize. Here’s how AI and robotics are monitoring, fixing and optimizing the city infrastructure that many of us take for granted.
Toronto’s Vector Institute is one of only three AI hubs in Canada. Six years after its inception, it continues to foster the smartest minds in AI, machine learning and deep learning, and plays a major role in helping companies realize and achieve their AI goals.
Artificial intelligence and robotics are becoming important factors in the progress of healthcare, thanks to pioneers like Dr. Carolyn McGregor AM.
AI and robotics are reshaping the future for many sectors, from manufacturing and agriculture to healthcare and communications.
Motion capture is a fascinating, quickly advancing area
of scientific research. The technology, which was first
introduced as a concept close to 100 years ago, can now
be implemented anytime, anywhere, and can be used to
evaluate a person’s performance, treatment or experience.
You don’t have to have a mental illness to know there’s a
mental health crisis in this country. According to the Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health, the economic burden of mental illness
in Canada is $51 billion per year.
When you think of pharmaceuticals, innovation may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But these Ontario companies are doing innovative things!
Innovation energizes the healthcare sector and allows it to keep moving forward year after year.
Research and education are at the core of the healthcare sector, and for obvious reasons: Without research, innovation is impossible, and education enables distribution of the knowledge this research brings.
It’s no secret that the pandemic has done a number on our already stretched-to-the-brink healthcare system.
Mathilda Irawan’s life has spanned multiple continents, cultures and cuisines, and her journey to becoming
a self-taught chef and owning a plant-based restaurant is one of discovery and healing.
