Professor Mark Rector Humber Institute of Technology

Professor Mark Rector
Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
mark.rector@humber.ca
Mild Mannered Professor by day … Captain Canada in the classroom
What Is The Connection????
Arthur Irwin
Dianne Croteau
Gideon Sundback
Hugh LeCaine
Joseph Bombardier
Jacques Plante
Canadian Electronics Inventions
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Underwater telegraph cable
Telephone
Light bulb
Voice radio, AM radio
AC Vacuum Tube: First radio without batteries
Electron Microscope
Pager
Radio Wire-photo transmission (fax forerunner)
Walkie-talkie
Alkaline Battery
Microwave Long Distance Phone hops
Ruby laser (Fibre Optics)
Computer trackball (mouse)
Blackberry
Pacemaker
Electronic Synthesizer
Fredrick Ginsbourne
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Woodward
Reginald Fessenden
Ted Rogers
Eli Burton
Al Gross
Sir William Stevenson
Al Gross
Lew Urrey
Thomas Eadie
Willard Boyle
Fred Cranston
Mike Lazaridis
Dr John Hopps
Hugh LeCaine
Alexander Graham Bell: The Greatest Canadian Inventor?
Or just the greatest Canadian… Ever?
Some of Bells inventions:
Ailerons, Metal Detector,
air conditioning, audio meter,
selenium cell
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden The Greatest Canadian Inventor
The true inventor of voice radio and the Father of Broadcasting
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1876 at 10 ys old in Peterborough, Fessenden envisions
sending voices “wirelessly across the sky” unlike A.G. Bells
telephone that uses “silly” wires.
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Sees CW as the future; not wireless telegraph like Marconi
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December 23rd, 1900, Fessenden spoke these words - ”One
- two - three - four, is it snowing where you are Mr. Thiessen?
If it is, would you telegraph back and let me know?"
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Invents CW carrier, AM radio, the super-heterodyne principle
which leads to the Superhet radio receiver
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Over 500 other inventions!!!!!
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Including: Fathometer (ships depth finder), Electrical Conduit,
Electrolytic Detector, Vertical Antenna, Anti Static Device,
Directive Antenna Array, X-rays, Multiplexing, automatic
garage door opener and power generation (Niagara Falls
Generating station).
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Fessenden made history's first broadcast Christmas Eve
1906, with his wife Helen, her friend and his helper. Wireless
telegraph operators on ships in the Atlantic are stunned and
frightened when they heard the inventor play “O Holy Night”
on his violin and Helen and her friend sing Christmas carols..
All while expecting dots and dashes or morse code!!!
Canadian Reginald Fessenden’s First Broadcasted
Words…
A Voice Across the Sky.
For the First Time.. Ever!
Canadian Reginald Fessenden’s First Broadcasted
Words…
A Voice Across the Sky.
For the First Time.. Ever!
“Hello there!!.. One, two, three, four….
Is it snowing where you are, Mr. Thiessen?
If it is, telegraph back and let me know.”
The First Mobile Phone Service; 1947 Toronto
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Ian Flemming
Author Casino Royale 1953
Before Ian Flemming wrote the James Bond
novels he was actually a real spy who worked
for the S.O. E. (Special Operations Executive). The S.O.E. was set
up by a Canadian, Sir William Stephenson,
by the request of his friend Winston Churchill. The S.O.E.
was part of MI-6 (the British spy organization).
Ian was trained by an elite, highly secretive and very advanced group
of spy trainers at super top secret military spy school.
This spy school was called Camp X.
Its location?
Canada!!!!! In deserted, unpopulated Whitby, Ontario!
Camp X
Spy Training!
A top secret spy training school hidden in “remote” southern Ontario
was set up in December, 1941 during World War II.
Easy access across US boarder over Lake Ontario or from Europe
up the St Lawrence river!
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Ian Flemming
Flemming trained at Camp-X and conducted espionage missions
throughout WWII.
During his work at Camp X he lived at the
Canadian Armed Forces barracks at
Eglington and Avenue Rd. and was bussed
out to Whitby daily.
He left in 1948, just five years before his
first James Bond novel was published.
He had been looking for the name of the
character and wanted a simple name like
John Smith or James Jones but more..
interesting.
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He found it right under his nose:
Bond, the girl, and his Lotus Esprit.
Ian Flemming’s inspiration for 007s name!
A Toronto church at Eglinton and Avenue Rd with an unusual name!
Ian’s barracks were directly across the street for four years!!!!
So maybe there is just a little Canadian in that famous British Spy!
This Canadian history inspired four students to literally
reach For the stars
Paul Je
Gino Cunti
Mark Rector
Patrick Neelin Kevin Luong
And make history on Feb 2nd 2009
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6th Semester Students design and
build a technical project in their
program area
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They must also demonstrate their
project in a “Venture Capitalist
Boardroom” like presentation to their
peers and faculty.
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Several successful students have gone
on to market their project as a business
Some examples
venture!
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Fully Functional Heart Monitor
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Legal Free Cellphone Service Through WiFi
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Virtual Call Centre
This project led to a full time business venture where they are marketing their technology!!
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Operation: First Contact
Operation: First Contact
Operation: First Contact
Operation: First Contact
Operation: First Contact
See the whole story in the Blogs section at
http://www.operationfirstcontact.com
Operation: First Contact
Operation: First Contact
Honoured by :
Ontario Association of Certified Technician and Technologists
The Canadian Telecom Hall of Fame (Oct 2009)
Mr Michael Ignatieff
Dr Roberta Bondar
Dr Marc Garneau
Humber College Board of Governors
Dean of the School of Applied Technology Denise Devlin-Li
Minister of Research John Wilkinson
Azza Sharkawy, PhD Professor Science Education Queen's University
Operation First Contact Recognized by MP Dr. Marc Garneau on Parliament Hill
Dr. Roberta Bondar recognizes
Operation First Contact
Dr Marc Garneau Honours
OFC on Parliament Hill
OACETT Honours
Operation First Contact
Humber Board of Governors recognizes
Operation First Contact