Mercedes Benz and the bus of the future
Mercedes-Benz wants to bring autonomous transportation to the masses. Last year, the company's semi-autonomous bus, called the Future Bus, drove a little more than 12 miles from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to Haarlem, a city just outside Amsterdam. The bus's journey was especially impressive because the route included traffic lights, tunnels, and required the bus to navigate around people. Mercedes is betting self-driving buses like its Future Bus will grow in demand as urba
eHealth and the role of a ‘chief nursing information officer’
For eHealth to progress, ‘chief nursing information officer’ role is needed TORONTO – The creation of specialized chief nursing information officers (CNIO) is needed to advance clinical adoption in hospitals and healthcare organizations, according to new recommendations from the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) and Canada Health Infoway. RNAO and Infoway released the Adopting eHealth solutions: Implementation Strategies best practice guideline (BPG) earlier th
Mining industry leaders meet again at PDAC 2017
One of the world’s leading minerals and mining event has kicked off with a bang. The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) International Convention, one of the world’s leading minerals and mining events, kicked off Sunday amid increased optimism in the global industry. Now in its 85th year, this annual event brings together the industry from around the world to downtown Toronto. More than 22,000 attendees from 125 countries were represented in 2016, with sim
Is the Self-Driving Car the New Big Brother?
If Data and Privacy issues related to Autonomous Cars are not handled properly, they could kill the business. An interesting article first published in Open Mind: The starting gun has already fired in the race for the development of the autonomous car. Running full speed down the track are the big technology companies (Google, Uber or Apple) and the automobile companies (Tesla, Mercedes or General Motors). No firm wants to be left behind. Experts have announced that by 2020 t
Robots Over Roughnecks: Next Drilling Boom Might Not Add Many Jobs
The inevitable advance of technology and automation has upended industries such as car manufacturing and food processing. Now robotics is making its way into the oil fields by helping drilling activities and putting together heavy pipes. For companies, more automation would mean higher efficiency, safer operations, and ultimately, lower drilling and production costs. For oil rig workers, it would mean that part of the jobs lost during the oil price downturn would never return
We need disruptive innovation in the mining sector, as well
Rick Howes is chief executive officer of Dundee Precious Metals. While declining metal prices have cast a negative light on the status of the mining industry, the facts still speak to the tremendous role mining plays in the Canadian economy. More than 380,000 Canadians work directly in the industry, and in Ontario alone, another 68,000 work for mining industry suppliers. The dynamics of the global economy are forcing adjustment on many, but our country’s historical strengths
