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SFU smart jewellery start-up keeps wearers safe

Peak Web June 18, 2018

By: Amal Abdullah, Staff Writer    SFU computing science and mathematics student Georgiy Sekretaryuk has co-founded a company that focuses on public safety. NERO, completely self-financed by Sekretaryuk, creates smart jewellery which, if tapped three times, sends the wearer’s GPS location in an emergency call to local authorities.      While the product looks like an ordinary pendant, the outside of the gem has a touch sensor, and the inside has technology that connects it via Bluetooth to the wearer’s phone. The correlated phone app is connected to a server at NERO, which automatically sends a call to the RCMP…

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Promises and performance: How the Trudeau government stacks up

EIC October 31, 2016

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t has been a full year since seven million Canadians, charged to action by bright-eyed optimism, voted for real change, social progress, and a really great haircut. On October 19, 2015, the Liberal Party of Canada was elected to not…

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Bud Light ads should encourage proper consent

EIC May 11, 2015

[caption id="attachment_2421" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Photo Credit: Phoebe Lim[/caption] “We’ll be heading out for drinks after. Where do you want to go?” “Oh, anywhere. . . I’m up for whatever.” This is the social dialogue that many of us use with…

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Notes from this month’s Board of Governors’ meeting

EIC January 31, 2015

SFU’s 50th Anniversary campaign As of December 31, 2014, SFU has raised $12,899,324 for their 50th Anniversary Campaign, which will mark SFU’s 50th birthday this September. The ultimate fundraising goal is $250 million. The organizing committee continues to plan myriad…

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SFU wastes no time joining food waste ban

EIC January 26, 2015

Following Metro Vancouver’s recent ban on organic waste in landfills, SFU is gearing up to push for better recycling habits within the university community. The ban went into effect on Jan. 1, 2015, imposing a new year’s resolution on the…

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Board Shorts

EIC September 2, 2014

Build SFU launches heroes campaign Build SFU is launching their heroes campaign for the fall semester, which will feature posters of students involved in the Student Union Building (SUB) project next to the campaign slogan, “Heroes of today building the…

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