by Richard McCue | Dec 12, 2023 | News, Research
Are you an academic researcher or podcaster looking for a free-to-use transcription tool that does not use US-based cloud processing to do its work? If that sounds like you, then I’d like to introduce you to Whisper.ai! Note: that the Whisper.ai link above is to...
by Rebecca Thomson | Jul 11, 2018 | News, Research
UVic student Paige Whitehead has developed a biodegradable, bioluminescent glow stick that not only dissolves harmlessly wherever it’s discarded, but actually improves the soil. Paige was inspired to create a biodegradable light source at Shambhala music festival, BC,...
by Caroline Winter | Apr 30, 2018 | News, Research
As part of my role as a Textual Analysis Expert in the DSC, I investigate different ways of analyzing texts and visualizing data. I recently started working with StoryMap JS, a free, open-source, web-based tool for creating narrative maps. I chose this tool to help me...
by Caroline Winter | Mar 5, 2018 | Research
About a year ago, A new portrait was unveiled of Mr. Darcy, one of the main characters in my favourite novel, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The portrait depicts Mr. Darcy in a blue coat with beige breeches, and–most shockingly for modern...
by Tiffany Chan | Feb 1, 2018 | Research
Here at the DSC, I’ve been working on a project that mixes book history and 19th-century illustration with 3D design and printing. This project grew out of my work as an MA student in the English department, where I took a course in Victorian fiction and...
by Richard McCue | Oct 18, 2017 | News, Research
A member of our DSC Makerspace team, Rich McCue, had the opportunity to participate in the 2nd annual International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces (ISAM 2017), at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland at the end of September. Rich wrote a research paper...
