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Sun, 19 May 2013 17:15:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/12/future-leaders-under-25/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/12/future-leaders-under-25/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:30:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=370527 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/12/future-leaders-under-25/feed/ 0 Our annual round-up of the ones to watch http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/18/want-results-offer-a-prize/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/18/want-results-offer-a-prize/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:21:56 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=361603 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/18/want-results-offer-a-prize/feed/ 0 MP Pierre Poilievre on cash awards and innovation http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/the-innovation-crisis-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/the-innovation-crisis-2/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:00:00 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350238 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/the-innovation-crisis-2/feed/ 0 Caught trying to mimic the latest hot product, the most powerful tech firms can’t seem to dream up anything genuinely new http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/13/higher-and-dryer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/13/higher-and-dryer/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:25:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=312506 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/13/higher-and-dryer/feed/ 0 For example, he once made 5,127 prototypes of a vacuum http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/22/getting-ahead/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/22/getting-ahead/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:00:01 +0000 Jonathon Gatehouse http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=304305 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/22/getting-ahead/feed/ 0 Broadcaster says Canadians need to stop being so polite http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/27/apple-v-samsung-why-the-patent-war-risks-creating-a-tech-monster/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/27/apple-v-samsung-why-the-patent-war-risks-creating-a-tech-monster/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:27:29 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=286382 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/27/apple-v-samsung-why-the-patent-war-risks-creating-a-tech-monster/feed/ 0 The big loser is... YOU http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/29/flaherty-tables-a-cautious-budget-casts-ahead-to-next-steps/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/29/flaherty-tables-a-cautious-budget-casts-ahead-to-next-steps/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:20:47 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=249522 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/29/flaherty-tables-a-cautious-budget-casts-ahead-to-next-steps/feed/ 0 Back in 2006, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty began his first budget speech by reflecting... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/nash-on-innovation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/nash-on-innovation/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:54:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234219 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/nash-on-innovation/feed/ 0 Late last week, Peggy Nash detailed her innovation policy, including a new Canada Innovation... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/08/don%e2%80%99t-we-all-need-a-cool-alien-sidekick/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/08/don%e2%80%99t-we-all-need-a-cool-alien-sidekick/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:20:01 +0000 Scott Feschuk http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/10/don%e2%80%99t-we-all-need-a-cool-alien-sidekick/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/08/don%e2%80%99t-we-all-need-a-cool-alien-sidekick/feed/ 6 Come on, scientists, enough with curing diseases. Where’s the innovation that matters? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/watch-our-augmented-reality-demo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/watch-our-augmented-reality-demo/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:24:52 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223779 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/watch-our-augmented-reality-demo/feed/ 0 ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/a-grant-dump-that-smothers-innovation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/a-grant-dump-that-smothers-innovation/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:10:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/10/a-grant-dump-that-smothers-innovation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/a-grant-dump-that-smothers-innovation/feed/ 12 What's the result of the hundreds of billions of dollars the government spends on innovation? Bupkes. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/thinking-different/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/thinking-different/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:00:01 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/thinking-different/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/thinking-different/feed/ 4 How an LSD-using college dropout, who was a horrible boss and hard to like, made magic and changed the world http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/canadas-knowledge-economy-not-so-much/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/canadas-knowledge-economy-not-so-much/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:20:19 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199235 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/canadas-knowledge-economy-not-so-much/feed/ 95 Ottawa's bright ideas haven't added up to much result http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/10/waiting-for-yesterdays-technology/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/10/waiting-for-yesterdays-technology/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:46:26 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171054 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/10/waiting-for-yesterdays-technology/feed/ 45 Welcome to Macleans.ca's new tech blog! http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/where-you-need-to-go-in-this-town-for-a-good-idea/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/where-you-need-to-go-in-this-town-for-a-good-idea/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:58:17 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=152671 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/where-you-need-to-go-in-this-town-for-a-good-idea/feed/ 0 Science and technology minister Gary Goodyear was at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/08/peter-robertson-vs-sir-frederick-banting-and-charles-best/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/08/peter-robertson-vs-sir-frederick-banting-and-charles-best/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:57:18 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=151536 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/08/peter-robertson-vs-sir-frederick-banting-and-charles-best/feed/ 0 Just one more week to go before the champion is crowned http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/30/norman-bethune-vs-sir-frederick-banting-and-charles-best/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/30/norman-bethune-vs-sir-frederick-banting-and-charles-best/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:15:56 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=150309 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/30/norman-bethune-vs-sir-frederick-banting-and-charles-best/feed/ 0 At least one Canadian medical hero will fall by the wayside http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/30/mike-lazaridis-vs-peter-robertson/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/30/mike-lazaridis-vs-peter-robertson/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:15:56 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=150311 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/30/mike-lazaridis-vs-peter-robertson/feed/ 0 Supremely useful low-tech wages battle against supremely useful high-tech http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/sir-sandford-fleming-vs-sir-frederick-banting-and-charles-best/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/sir-sandford-fleming-vs-sir-frederick-banting-and-charles-best/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:18:03 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=149162 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/sir-sandford-fleming-vs-sir-frederick-banting-and-charles-best/feed/ 0 Where does insulin rank as an invention compared to standard time? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/alexander-graham-bell-vs-sir-frederick-banting-and-charles-best/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/alexander-graham-bell-vs-sir-frederick-banting-and-charles-best/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:05:33 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148941 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/alexander-graham-bell-vs-sir-frederick-banting-and-charles-best/feed/ 0 In a battle of the innovation heavyweights, insulin goes up against the phone http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/marshall-mcluhan-vs-peter-robertson/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/marshall-mcluhan-vs-peter-robertson/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:05:12 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148942 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/marshall-mcluhan-vs-peter-robertson/feed/ 0 If the "medium is the message," Robertson's message was clear: life's too short to deal with stripped screws http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/guy-laliberte-vs-norman-bethune/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/guy-laliberte-vs-norman-bethune/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:05:12 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148943 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/guy-laliberte-vs-norman-bethune/feed/ 0 Sure, healing battle wounds is a noble pursuit. But is it as entertaining as Cirque du Soleil? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/james-naismith-vs-mike-lazaridis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/james-naismith-vs-mike-lazaridis/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:05:12 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148944 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/james-naismith-vs-mike-lazaridis/feed/ 0 If you could have just one, which would it be—basketball or your BlackBerry? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/let-us-now-celebrate-the-losers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/let-us-now-celebrate-the-losers/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:00:30 +0000 Scott Feschuk http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147302 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/let-us-now-celebrate-the-losers/feed/ 0 We owe a debt to failures, to those creative ideas that flamed out or gloriously flopped http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/the-method-man/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/the-method-man/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:20:53 +0000 Jonathon Gatehouse http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147557 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/the-method-man/feed/ 0 A memoir, a Neil Young CD: Daniel Lanois is back. Jonathon Gatehouse on the legend’s search for pure sound. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/corporate-mind-games/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/corporate-mind-games/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:20:11 +0000 Jason Kirby http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147417 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/corporate-mind-games/feed/ 0 More and more companies are mining data about their employees to predict how they’ll behave in the future http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/investment-house-on-the-prairies/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/investment-house-on-the-prairies/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:20:45 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147404 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/investment-house-on-the-prairies/feed/ 0 A Toronto firm plans to build the world’s biggest farm, and maybe one day a brand name in food http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/divided-they-ride/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/divided-they-ride/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:00:50 +0000 Nancy Macdonald http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147790 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/divided-they-ride/feed/ 0 Drivers ignore painted lanes for cyclists. Vancouver decided there was only one way to fix that problem. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/a-house-made-entirely-of-lego/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/a-house-made-entirely-of-lego/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:20:09 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147550 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/a-house-made-entirely-of-lego/feed/ 0 Before James May could climb his Lego stairs, take his Lego shower, pat his Lego cat and sleep in his Lego bed, there were a few obstacles http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/motherhood-the-third-act/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/motherhood-the-third-act/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:36:58 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147829 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/motherhood-the-third-act/feed/ 0 Marni Jackson: Maybe grown kids staying closer to home isn't so bad http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/mail-order-makeover/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/mail-order-makeover/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:33:33 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147411 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/mail-order-makeover/feed/ 0 How the retailer reinvented itself as the new name in popular fashion http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/bill-gates-in-conversation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/bill-gates-in-conversation/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:17:20 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147659 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/bill-gates-in-conversation/feed/ 52 Including the huge textbooks, and why bad teachers have to go http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/19/the-right-track/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/19/the-right-track/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:00:02 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147705 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/19/the-right-track/feed/ 0 The Prime Minister is changing the way politics work in Britain http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/information-needs-to-be-free/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/information-needs-to-be-free/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:14:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148132 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/information-needs-to-be-free/feed/ 0 The magazine’s Rethink issue—Warning: sideways design may blow your mind—includes this story on the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/hey-look-my-month-at-the-edge-of-the-universe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/hey-look-my-month-at-the-edge-of-the-universe/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:12:53 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148026 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/hey-look-my-month-at-the-edge-of-the-universe/feed/ 0 For 17 days that began in late June and ended in late July, I... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/solving-the-universe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/solving-the-universe/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:00:53 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147505 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/solving-the-universe/feed/ 0 WELLS: What the big thinkers know, what they’re trying to learn, and how close we may be to a genuine revolution http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/destination-mars/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/destination-mars/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:00:17 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147841 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/destination-mars/feed/ 0 Human explorers will set foot on the red planet one day. And it might be sooner than most of us realize. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/whos-the-greatest-canadian-innovator/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/whos-the-greatest-canadian-innovator/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:51:31 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=146917 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/whos-the-greatest-canadian-innovator/feed/ 0 Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best have been crowned Canada's greatest innovators http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/ice-capades/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/ice-capades/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:20:48 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147529 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/ice-capades/feed/ 0 Why the NHL’s unparalleled experiments with the rules of hockey could be the key to its very survival http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/superbug-meet-your-maker/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/superbug-meet-your-maker/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:00:56 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147805 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/superbug-meet-your-maker/feed/ 0 Frogs evolved to fight off microbes. They may also provide us with the next class of antibiotics. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/power-to-the-people/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/power-to-the-people/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:00:47 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147545 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/power-to-the-people/feed/ 0 How free information can make government more accountable and transparent http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/mike-lazaridis-vs-robert-mundell/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/mike-lazaridis-vs-robert-mundell/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:16:15 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=149148 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/mike-lazaridis-vs-robert-mundell/feed/ 0 Lazaridis's invention made him famous, but it was Mundell's economic theories that arguably made him rich http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/george-retzlaff-vs-james-naismith/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/george-retzlaff-vs-james-naismith/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:16:12 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=149146 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/george-retzlaff-vs-james-naismith/feed/ 0 Naismith gave us basketball, but it was Retzlaff who allowed us to watch buzzer-beaters over and over again http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/marshall-mcluhan-vs-jane-jacobs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/marshall-mcluhan-vs-jane-jacobs/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:12:48 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=149150 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/marshall-mcluhan-vs-jane-jacobs/feed/ 0 The man who helped us understand media takes on the woman who helped us understand cities http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/peter-robertson-vs-james-cameron/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/peter-robertson-vs-james-cameron/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:12:03 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=149155 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/peter-robertson-vs-james-cameron/feed/ 0 We'd still be stripping screws if it weren't for Robertson, but we wouldn't have the special effects we do without Cameron