Mitacs CEO Alejandro Adem, Globalink intern Roshan Mishra, and UBC master’s student Claire Preston talk about the development of a first-of-its-kind soft, artificial skin for robots.  

Globalink intern Roshan Mishra is spending the summer at UBC to help develop a first-of-its-kind soft, artificial skin that can sense touch and pressure and even detect when something — such as a finger — is approaching. 

VANCOUVER—Robots can walk, dance and open doors, but engineers are still trying to design flexible sensors that would allow humanoids to pass the ultimate test — holding an egg without cracking it.  Engineers at Dr. John Madden’s research group at the University of British Columbia are developing artificial-skin technology that could be the first to […]

With a background in printing technology and engineering, Globalink intern Roshan Mishra is helping to develop a first-of-its-kind soft, artificial skin that can sense touch and pressure and even detect when something — such as a finger — is approaching. The team’s ultimate goal is to take the discovery from the lab to mass production […]

One-of-a-kind pilot project in Vancouver high schools teaches teens how to identify, respond to mental health challenges among peers  

Youth in Vancouver are participating in a pilot project called Core Connectors to teach them about mental health and how to support friends who are struggling. “There has been a vast movement towards mental health awareness, but what we’re teaching is mental health literacy – how to support and identify a friend in need of […]

Taking ideas that were born in the lab and bringing them to the market has been a long-standing goal of Dr. Alli Murugesan. This goal has manifested in what is now BioHuntress Therapeutics, an incubator within academia that is meant to do just that. Dr. Murugesan founded the company in 2016 while working on her […]

A Toronto-based company is behind the development of a cleaner burning alternative to charcoal, which it hopes will save the lives of millions in sub-Saharan Africa. Some 4.3 million people, predominantly women and children, in developing countries die every year due to diseases related to the air pollution caused by the burning of wood charcoal. Lumbrick, […]

Mitacs Social Entrepreneur Award winner Erin Goldberg is aiming to change the way Canadian hospitals approach nutrition with the launch of a first-of-its-kind nutritional support beverage that is a healthier and better-tasting alternative to traditional in-hospital meal replacement drinks.

Innovation is happening all around us, and the sports industry is no exception. As tech continues to take over the planet, here at ITBusiness.ca, we’ve been exploring how tech intersects with sports and health and fitness. We recently had a chance to speak with Joshua Goreham, a Dalhousie University PhD candidate and sports scientist studying […]

The nutritional supplements Boost and Ensure are no doubt familiar to anyone who has had to look after ailing, elderly parents, or other family members who suffer from a loss of appetite related to their illnesses or treatments. Erin Goldberg has had first-hand experience being gravely ill, and being nauseous and lacking any appetite due […]

The only thing five-year-old Erin Goldberg could stomach when she was undergoing chemotherapy was Kraft Dinner. Now 29, the Winnipeg researcher has developed a plant-based nutritional supplement beverage — “not as sweet” and “better tasting” than traditional options, such as Boost — for patients struggling to eat solid food and anyone without an appetite. Goldberg accepted […]