To create more accessible video games, researchers at the University of Toronto are partnering with major studios, non-profit organizations and influential gamers with disabilities through U of T’s new AccessibilityContinue reading
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KMDI Work Study Student Learns Valuable Job Skills
Hi Tarik. Can you tell me about your education and work/graphic design experience? My name is Tarik Haiga and I graduated as a student at the Faculty of Information, UniversityContinue reading
KMDI Partners with Bonham Centre’s Sexual Representation Collection to Digitally Archive Adult Film History
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
Rhonda McEwen, Director of the Sensory Information Processing Lab Appointed Special Advisor on Anti-Racism and Equity
Growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, U of T Mississauga associate professor Rhonda McEwen didn’t know what it was like to be a minority. Most of the people in herContinue reading
The KMDI Pivots to Online in Response to COVID-19: A Message from KMDI Director Sara Grimes
As we start the new semester and new school year, I wanted to take this opportunity to say welcome, as well as acknowledge that this year we are coming “backContinue reading
(CLOSED) Summer Virtual Lab Attendant/Program Support Work Study Position
The KMDI is a creative Institute which focuses on the intersection between humans and technology. The Institute runs a Makerspace in 417BL containing 3D printers, scanners, electronics, and other creativeContinue reading
Agents for Change | Facing the Anthropocene: Two projects – Three creators
As part of its 2019-2020 Speaker Series, the KMDI hosted a panel discussion on the theme of environmental change, including presentations by Kristine Diekman (Professor of Art, Media and Design, California StateContinue reading
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
The Raspberry Pi – Not Edible but a Great Tech Gadget
“When I first heard the term Raspberry Pi, I wondered why they would name a tech gadget after a desert. Apparently, in the old days a lot of computer companiesContinue 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