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60 Years of Canadian Innovation - Week 10
September 03, 2024

The genesis of this week's innovation came out of work that was undertaken for the production of two movies shown at Montreal's Expo 67.

 

The IMAX Corporation and it's associated cinema projection standards were the result of work done by Graeme...(read more)

60 Years of Canadian Innovation - Week 9
August 28, 2024

It's hard to believe that something as ubiquitous in our lives as search engines are today, were only developed around 3 decades ago.

Leading the way was "Archie" first developed in 1986 by Alan Emtage, a post-graduate student at McGill University in...(read more)

60 Years of Canadian Innovation - Week 8
August 21, 2024

Here is an innovation that many of us are unaware of, yet benefits us greatly, as we go about our daily lives.

Dr. Lorne Elias' work in the area of explosives detection technology led to the development of the portable Explosives Vapour Detector (EVD-1) in the early...(read more)

Arcon is Looking for Engineers!
August 20, 2024

As Arcon approaches its 60th anniversary of providing benchmark forensic engineering services, we are looking for Mechanical, Electrical and Structural engineers with 3-5 years of experience and a natural sense of curiousity! If you are up for the challenge, please send your...(read more)

60 Years of Canadian Innovation - Week 7
August 14, 2024

I can remember many a rainy day playing this week's innovation with friends and family!

Trivial Pursuit was created in 1979 by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott and brought to market in 1981. In December 1993, it was named to the "Games Hall of Fame". There are...(read more)

60 Years of Canadian Innovation - Week 6
August 09, 2024

As well acquainted with this innovation as I was as a child, I had no idea it was Canadian! For week 6, we bring you...instant mashed potato flakes!

Edward Asselbergs is credited with inventing the process for making instant mashed potato flakes. The product hit the...(read more)

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