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4th February 2013 Toronto, Canada

Up-Goer Five: Land-to-other-lands-thoughts-and-ideas-person

Can you explain a hard idea using only the ten-hundred most used words? One well-known try is “Up-Goer Five“. You can try it yourself here. Here, I try to explain my job (land-to-other-lands-thoughts-and-ideas-person): Very few people have a job that is like mine. It is quite hard to explain, even using words that are not […]

25th January 2013 Toronto, Canada

by John Preece

Eight great technologies

Earlier this week, Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts gave a speech at the Policy Exchange on “eight great technologies” which will help the UK grow and prosper over the next decade. You can read the speech here, the BIS press release here and the Policy Exchange pamphlet here. Let’s look at each technology […]

3rd January 2013 Toronto, Canada

by John Preece

The Raspberry Pi comes to Toronto

If you aren’t familiar with the Raspberry Pi, it’s a $35 computer about the size of a credit card. Designed and assembled in the UK, the RPi was conceived as an educational tool to bring “real” computer science back into schools. Rather than simply learning how to be an end-user of computer programs, students would […]

About John Preece

I cover science and innovation for Ontario (excluding Ottawa), liaising with all relevant research institutions and companies. In 2015 I expect to be working on future cities, high-performance computing and innovation in healthcare, as well as continuing prior work on dementia, regenerative medicine and science outreach. In the free time that I have after managing multiple small children, I enjoy home improvement and board/computer gaming. You can follow me on Twitter at @jcpreece

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Up-Goer Five: Land-to-other-lands-thoughts-and-ideas-person

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The Raspberry Pi comes to Toronto

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