Development of a functionalized clay-biochar from agricultural waste for improving crop water-use efficiency

Climatic and soil conditions played a crucial role in crop productivity, and thus impacted the economic benefits of the entire industry, especially in Canada. Biochar is widely known as a sustainable material as soil amendment. However, conventional biochar lacks the ability to improve water-use efficiency. A new type of biochar is being developed by co-pyrolyzing […]

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A Machine Learning-based Tool for Generation and Evaluation of Product Design Concepts

The global competitive market requires products to meet the high customer satisfaction, low production cost and short development cycle. Product design searches for potential solutions of products to meet customer requirements based on design constraints and technical details. As a large number of possible concepts have to be explored in the design process, applying the […]

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Development of a user interface to setup 3D printing parameters

Products have to meet high customer satisfaction standards, low production costs in order to compete in the global market. Comparing with conventional production techniques, the additive manufacturing (AM) technology can construct complicated forms with more efficiency. In order to produce high quality 3D printed parts, the appropriate selection of printing parameters is crucial. Advanced parameter […]

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Sequent AI: Origination & Technology Strategy

Sequent AI is a consolidation focused on acquiring technology companies in both the operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) spaces. Through this approach Sequent AI aims to provide solutions that bridge the gap between OT and IT technologies. This project will go hand in hand with Sequent’s mandate as it will assess opportunity for […]

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Supporting Black-led Technology Startups and Community-led Entrepreneurship Innovation Training in Prairies Canada

Black Business Ventures Association (BBVA) is a non-profit technology accelerator with a mandate to increase the participation of Black-led technology startups in Canada. In November 2021, BBVA launched the first Black-focused accelerator program in Western Canada. In order to implement its programs and connect with Black communities across the Prairies Region, BBVA plans to establish […]

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Technical and Procedural Knowledge Extraction with Question Answering

Engineering organisations like Thales rely on large quantities of technical knowledge. When resolving a technical problem, for example, users have to follow a multi-step procedure in which the steps are described with various levels of detail, may not be up to date, or may not target the exact problem they are facing. In this context, […]

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Three Rivers Mi’kmaq Greenhouse Project

Supporting the organization in preparing an analysis of the feasibility of a commercial greenhouse project. The expected benefit is that the project could lead to the establishment of a social enterprise that will contribute to a food security and food sovereignty for an indigenous community.

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Bounce Health Innovation – International MedTech Innovation Exchange

Bounce has a number of incubating companies in our portfolio who are interested in developing relationships with stakeholders in the UK and ultimately developing and executing a go-to-market strategy for market entry. Bounce Partner Companies are Canadian companies operating in the medtech and digital health sector and as such, a potential relationship with the UK […]

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Ideation and Go-to-Market Research for Relationship App

WooYourBoo is a startup based in Brampton, On. We launched in June 2020. We are a business that focuses on helping couples strengthen their relationship. Currently, we’ve built and launched an app that allows couples to discover their Love Language. After the app learns this information it suggests date ideas and things couples can do […]

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Detection and prediction of cybersickness in virtual and mixed reality environments using wearables

Virtual and mixed reality (VR/MR) systems have burgeoned over the last couple of years with applications in healthcare, gaming, telepresence, and skills training, to name a few. Within the skills training sector, for example, police/law enforcement training is an important application domain which has seen increased adoption worldwide. In Canada, Public Safety and the Royal […]

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