April 26, 2024

Access4Kids input device allows disabled children to control touch-centric tablets (video)

The innovation world at large has been crafting ways for handicapped individuals to interact with computers for years on end, but the issue of tablets has created another predicament entirely. How do you enable someone to masterfully control a touch-centric device, when the mere act of touching is a challenge? Ayanna Howard, professor of electrical … [Read more...]

UPDATE: Explosive Device Confirmed on Skytrain Line

Transit Police confirm it was an explosive device found on the Skytrain tracks Friday afternoon in Surrey. The RCMP Explosives Device Unit has determined it was an explosive device attached to three empty cannisters. It was spotted on the guideway track by a passenger on the Skytrain between Scott Road and Gateway Stations around two Friday … [Read more...]

NEW UPDATE: Explosive device shut down Surrey skytrain today

Transit police have just confirmed the device on the skytrain tracks was an explosive. They can't say what damage if any it may have caused if it had detonated on the tracks. RCMP bomb experts will detonate it for safety. Transit police are now trying to determine a motive after the explosive device was found on skytrain tracks in Surrey. … [Read more...]

RCMP E Division HQ targeted by device

A couple of tense moments for those in the area of 37th Avenue and Heather Street.The Vancouver Police and RCMP Explosive Device Units were called-in to deal with a suspicious package found on a grassy area near the RCMP's E-Division Headquarters, "It's really, right now, up in the air as to how the package got there, what it contained. If there's … [Read more...]