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The 鈥淩epronizer鈥 Merits Reproach

28 Feb 2024

We have become accustomed to seeing a lot of gobbledygook online. But the jargon that purports to explain the workings of the 鈥淩epronizer鈥 elevates bunk to new heights. What is the Repronizer? A...

Is This Gadget a Scam?

24 Nov 2023

Anyone who owns a car and who lives in snowy climes will be tempted by this. What if you could buy a small device that you left in your car and that magically melted the snow off of it and...

Looping in to Chat GPT

24 May 2023

Like so many, I have been experimenting with Chat GPT, the artificial intelligence technology that can answer questions or produce articles on a given topic in humanlike conversational language. In...

Digital Amnesia Has Been Exaggerated

24 Feb 2023

Do you know your best friend鈥檚 phone number? In the 1990s, I had my best friend鈥檚 phone number memorized, and I鈥檓 pretty sure I remembered it just now after thinking about it for a minute. But the...

Reflections on Modern Life

16 Nov 2022

I opened my eyes this morning and asked Alexa to tell me the news, which she promptly did. She wasn鈥檛 in my bed, in fact, she wasn鈥檛 even in the bedroom. Despite having no ears, she heard me. Her...

Apple Watch Isn't Great As a Medical Device

27 Nov 2019

鈥婽his article was first published in聽The Montreal Gazette.

Looking at the Science of Sunglasses

24 May 2019

The sunglasses at the dollar store feel flimsy, yet I buy a pair. It costs me $1.43. The sticker on one of the lenses states 鈥淯V 400 Protection鈥. I walk over to a fancy sunglasses store and ask the...

Can These Glasses Put an End to Colour Blindness?

12 Dec 2018

Serendipity plays a big role in science. Many discoveries begin with a puzzling observation followed by, 鈥淭hat鈥檚 weird鈥. Don McPherson developed special lenses for surgeons to use when employing...

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