The preservation and study of adult film history entail a number of challenges. The material often falls outside of the collecting and preservation mission of traditional libraries and archives. ThisContinue reading
Category: Research News
Latest KMDI-Semaphore research publishes and events.
Semaphore PhD Student Helps Build a More Egalitarian Internet
Jack Jamieson wants to help build a better, more egalitarian internet – in effect, helping to realize the vision of the technology’s early pioneers. The PhD candidate in the KMDI-SemaphoreContinue reading
Semaphore Post-Doctoral Student Explores Virtual Reality As A Microbiology Teaching Aid
Imagine being inside an E. coli bacterium, smaller than a speck of dust and surrounded by genetic material, molecules and proteins. This could soon be commonplace for some microbiology students thanks to workContinue reading
Interview with Professor Sara Grimes: The Franklin Lecture and Ursula Franklin Working Group
Who is Ursula Franklin, and what does she represent? Ursula Franklin was a scholar, a scientist and an activist. She conducted research and taught at the University of Toronto forContinue reading
Kids DIY Media: Best Practices for Designers Report
Sara Grimes, Director KMDI-Semaphore Reports: Best Practices for Designing Connected, Digital DIY Media Platforms for Kids I am so very happy to finally share with the world key results fromContinue reading
Indigenous-led lab at the University of Toronto Launches App to Report Pollution in Chemical Valley
The Technoscience Research Unit is launching an app that begins to address some of the pollution data gaps in Canada’s Chemical Valley. The Pollution Reporter App will be available forContinue reading
Digital generation: U of T Researchers Work with UN to Support Children’s Rights Online
Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information are holding a series of workshops with children to better understand how they use digital technology – information that will beContinue reading
KMDI Alumni Matt McPherson Builds Digital Humans
Would-be entrepreneurs enrolled in a business of software course at the University of Toronto are being asked to play God in the digital realm. The theme for the course, offeredContinue reading