TOMS Shoes decided April 5th would be a good day for people around the world to commemorate the fact millions of children globally do not wear shoes on a daily basis simply because they don’t have any. Poverty in developing countries doesn’t allow for shoes when food and shelter are more... read more
The day started off with the conclusion of the qualification rounds before lunch and the main event which began at 1:00. As the previous day, the team decided that with the difficulties we had with our arm (although functional and still capable of scoring at the highest level) and with the lack... read more
It's been another long day, albeit a little shorter than yesterday. It was still a good 14 hrs from the time I left this morning to the time I got back to the hotel. The qualifying rounds are largely done and will conclude tomorrow before lunch. Update on our robot: Our hook at the end of our... read more
Day one is done and it had it's ups and downs over the 11 hours we spent at the Mississauga Hershey Center. The status of the Henri-Bourassa robot: the arm is having difficulties due to a combination of design and programming issues. Autonomous mode isn't going to happen. The minibot may or... read more
Vigilant Futures has its select basketball aficionados on staff that meet every Friday on the bball court at the local university. The last Friday of each month, this select number of bball lovers face off against the Youth Fusion team from James Lyng High School and realistically, the younger... read more
Last weekend, Vigilant Futures was lucky enough to be one of the Gold-level sponsors for Concordia's first time hosting the CS Games. What a weekend! We were surrounded by incredibly talented students from across Canada and the northeastern U.S. Congrats to the team from the University of... read more
Concordia University is celebrating National Engineering Week (March 1-5) and to commemorate the event, engineering students are building a giant structure entirely from K’NEX pieces, as they’ve done for the last several years. This year’s structure is the space shuttle and will be the biggest... read more
It was an early start for a Saturday, but it was an incredibly interesting day. Montreal’s Concordia University hosted more than 500 people from all walks of life on February 19th for its independently organized TEDx event. The theme: Captivating inspiration. More than a few speakers talked... read more
It’s that time of year again when University undergrads in computer science and engineering from across North America converge on a University campus – this year at Concordia – to participate in the annual Computer Science (CS) Games. In true Vigilant style, no computer science and engineering... read more
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics launched its 2011 project across North America on Saturday and in Quebec, the launch welcomed some 300 high school students from in and around the Montreal area. Vigilant Futures, as last year, is among one of the many... read more