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Atlas of the Heart

The cardiac catalogue. To fix something, you must have a decent understanding of what’s...

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Snowblower

The return of the open road. Of all the Canadian efforts to overcome the...

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Ski-doo

The typo that became a sport. The end of World War Two dealt Armand...

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Cirque du Soleil

The twenty-first century circus. In 1984, Guy Laliberté had a vision for the next...

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Dump Truck

The quick spill. Perhaps the greatest time-saver for the modern labourer is—of all things—the...

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Wringer Washer

The first home appliance. Machines to wash clothes have been around since at least...

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Baggage Tag

The traceable luggage. Even the simplest innovations need to start somewhere. Consider the humble...

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Foghorn

The coded voice of danger. The lower the frequency of a musical note, the...

Woman operating on a brain through a TV screen

Telesurgery

The remote operation. Innovation often involves marrying seemingly unrelated methods to tackle pressing problems....

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Igloo

The ingenious structure. Engineers and architects have found few structures more intriguing than the traditional home...

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Insulin

The end of terror. Diabetes. There was a time when the word struck terror...

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