Engineers and engineering students are right to be optimistic about the future. Job prospects are bright in their field, according to a recent report from human resources services firm Randstad. In its most recent analysis of the Canadian labour market for engineers, Randstad found that the fastest growing disciplines by 2025 will be civil engineering, […]
Security guard, kitchen help, longshoremen, technical workers, crane operators, waiters… There is no shortage of job openings in Prince Rupert. In this village of 12,000 inhabitants located on the shores of the North Pacific, two hours by boat from Alaska, the port is in an economic boom, to the point that businesses are struggling to […]
The new year is fast approaching and it’s time to start thinking about your good resolutions for 2020. From a personal point of view, losing weight and quitting smoking are classics… But what about your 2020 professional goals? Here are 20 ideas to study. No worries: you don’t have to do everything, but setting two […]
Appearing over 50 years ago, the beginnings of low technology were quickly stifled by pressure groups, especially in the United States, before being reborn at the beginning of the 21st century, in response to the deteriorating economic and environmental situation. Before discussing its characteristics and making some illustrations, let’s see how this phenomenon is defined. […]
Alcohol is far from escaping the counterfeiting that is poisoning the world’s largest producers of wines and spirits. Despite the measures they have taken to combat counterfeiters – ever more numerous and ingenious – the phenomenon appears to know no bounds. Can technology finally put an end to this scourge, to best satisfy consumers […]
Wishing to reduce Saudi Arabia’s dependence on black gold and restore the somewhat damaged image of his country, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) announced in 2017 the creation of a $500 billion megalopolis, whose technological innovations will know no limits or bounds. Characteristics of a pharaonic project Nothing is too big for Neom: […]
Demographic projections for the end of the century say that our forests – a truly varied and productive living environment – can continue to satisfy human needs in terms of food, medicinal plants and firewood. Focusing on research and development as well as on technological innovations to develop new products, processes and markets, the sector […]
With design being midway between creation (arts) and research (sciences), innovation in architecture aims to create “ordinary things in an extraordinary way”, says Jacques White, director of the school of architecture of the Université Laval. How does this innovation materialize, which revolves around design, materials and working methods? Design Innovation in architecture is […]
How far we have come since the days when we thought the skeleton was rigid or, more recently, when we thought that only DNA had an influence on our bones! In studying the skeleton, osteobiography reveals how the bones adapt to our new lifestyles and influence our body and health. The Paleolithic Age and […]
Japanese computer giant Fujitsu is partnering with the International Gymnastics Federation (IGF) to offer technology to assess gymnasts’ performance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Judges, viewers and athletes should be satisfied with this technological development based on artificial intelligence. Tests scrutinized by artificial intelligence The press conference on November 20, 2018, by […]
During the second Tech For Good summit, leading tech companies tackled the issue of parity in managerial positions or on boards of Directors. What has been achieved? What is the portrait of the current situation? How would the economy benefit? Ambitious goal At a reception at the Élysée, hosted last May by President Macron, […]
In parallel with the establishment of World Wildlife Day by the United Nations in 2014, a variety of measures have been deployed in the parks of Africa and Asia to combat poaching of endangered species. Technology will be of great help to try to curb this growing scourge whose effects could also harm the tourism […]
