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
Ce fut une autre longue journée, mais un peu plus courte que celle d'hier. Il était encore un bon 14 heures de l'époque où j'ai quitté ce matin pour le moment je suis rentré à l'hôtel. Les phases qualificatives sont largement fait et se terminera demain avant le déjeuner. Mise à jour sur notre... 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
Vigilant Futures sponsors TEDx Concordia C'était un démarrage rapide pour un samedi, mais ce fut une journée incroyablement intéressant. Université Concordia de Montréal a accueilli plus de 500 personnes de tous horizons de la vie le 19 Février pour son événement TEDx organisé indépendamment. Le... 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 et de reconnaissance des Sciences et Technologie) Robotique a lancé son projet de 2011 en Amérique du Nord le samedi et au Québec, le lancement a accueilli quelque 300 élèves du secondaire dans et autour de la région de Montréal. Vigilant Futures, comme l'année dernière,... read more