Tag: Technology
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Destiny ends in iron
BY JESSE CABRAL Bungie has released the final expansion for its highly successful first-person shooter Destiny. With the launch of Rise of Iron, Destiny now has four expansions since its release in September, 2014. With news of Destiny 2 on the horizon, this looks to be the final expansion for the beloved game. Within Rise…
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App helps students pre-order and pre-pay for food
BY COLLEEN PODMOROFF Ordering food at Sheridan College just got a little easier. There’s a new tool on the market to help students get their food faster, without standing in long lines. It’s called Boost. “We started Boost with the mission to cut down student wait time while they wait for food. Our goal is…
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HonkMobile launches parking payment app
BY COLLEEN PODMOROFF Sheridan students, staff and faculty now have a new way to pay for parking on campus with their smartphone. HonkMobile launched a mobile parking payment app, replacing QPay and Locomobi. “Sheridan made the transition to Honk as it allowed for seamless integration with epark, i.e with no added expenses to the college,”…
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Young go-getters are growing under the wing of Lab•B
BY MARIELLE MANGANAAN A growing community of creative freelancers and entrepreneurs find their home in a small Brampton space. The “shared workspace for the creative economy” inside The Mill on Queen St. E., Lab•B, is free and open during the week from 9 a.m. to 6 a.m. for people to come and have their artistic…
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Are you being hooked by a dating catfisher?
STORY BY OLIVIA LITTLE So often, students swipe right without even thinking about who could really be behind that pretty face. Because of how popular online dating is today, “catfishing” has become an increasing issue. “Catfishing is when you meet somebody online and it turns out they are not who they portrayed themselves to be,”…
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Working toward a gentler ‘rise of the machines’
VIDEO BY ADAM BUCK In the spring of 2014, Sheridan students began work on Project Jesse, a partially autonomous robot intended to share workload of home-to-home caregivers. This year’s group is working hard at Davis Campus, 3D printing the individual parts they need. Red Tree Robotics, headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, designed the chipset (or brain)…
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Smart living with smart houses
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Sheridan students envision houses in 2020 to be built using automated systems, remote monitoring and a sense of neighbourly competition to help conserve energy and promote green practices. “If it is known to you that other people in your community are obtaining this level of efficiency, it would make you…
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Technology helps to enhance the dramatic arts
STORY BY LINDA HERMIZ Technology has improved many aspects of our lives and theatre is one of them. “If you look at all of the theatre companies in Toronto, I think you’re seeing a lot of new plays that are combining technological elements to create really beautiful work,” said Katie Saunoris, publicist at Soulpepper theatre…
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Laptop readiness pays off
PHOTOGRAPH AND STORY BY RYAN MARSHALL Getting her laptop ready for the start of school paid off for Melissa Takatsch. She attended Sheridan IT’s Laptop Readiness session on the first day of classes to get her laptop connected to Sheridan WiFi and printers. Now, a month later, she is walking away the proud owner of…
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Technology in our society
BY BRITTANY MCAULEY In 2013, over 55 per cent of Canadians owned a smartphone and our overwhelming use of the devices raises the question, can there ever be too much technology? With new technological advances being thought-up every day it’s not hard to imagine human interaction being a thing of the past and one day having…
