Innovative Projects Realized

Matrix Inspection Technique for Tubular Components (MITC)

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Development of Automation Innovation

BMM Testlabs is a private independent gaming test laboratory that provides testing, certification, and compliance services for various gaming platforms and jurisdictions around the world . It has been serving the gaming industry for over 40 years. We have opportunities that this project can address, specifically in the area of automation using full stack development and machine learning. Full stack development can automate various business processes, resulting in cost savings and increased productivity. Machine learning can be used to develop chatbots and virtual assistants that can understand and respond to natural language queries, improving customer service. Finally, both machine learning and full stack development can help businesses make data-driven decisions, leading to improved efficiency and competitive advantage.
Currently BMM Testlabs has challenges in obtaining available in-house resources to work fully on these projects. The two projects will complement and integrate with each other. This will help BMM Testlabs become more competitive. We will implement Machine Leaning into our Test Automation Framework utilizing the full-stack development of the front and backend. The machine learning will utilize the abundance of log information to obtain informed decisions about test cases and defects. A chatbot assist in the process.

Autonomous Navigation of a Drywall-Sanding Mobile Manipulator

Nowadays, many building contractors use modular construction, where various parts of a building are partially or completely built on an assembly line and then put together on the delivery site. Building interior modules often involve building and finishing plasterboard walls, including closing joints between panels and hiding fasteners or defects. To do so, a gypsum-based compound is applied, let to dry, and sanded iteratively to achieve a regular surface. This produces a considerable amount of fine dust, which can be a nuisance, especially in the closed space of a manufacturing plant. In this project, we are investigating how a mobile robot can automatically scan a room and position itself to perform the sanding task using a 7 degrees-of-freedom manipulator arm. This project builds on previous successful result in 2D sanding surface identification and sanding tool control, and aims at producing a complete solution for 3D environments.

Enhancing Digital Marketing and Business Intelligence for Hyspecs Eyewear

This project aims to drastically improve Hyspecs Eyewear’s digital marketing strategies and business intelligence capabilities. It seeks to leverage Zach Ketter’s academic background in Business Technology Management and his academic advisor Robb Somach to address real-world business challenges. The project focuses on the development and implementation of innovative digital marketing strategies and the use of analytics to drive strategic decisions, thereby enhancing the company’s market position and customer engagement.

Beyond the Book

The ultimate aim of this project is to design and develop methods and tools for classifying attributes of books such as genre, style, tone, and likelihood of being popular. Towards this end we will make use of various information types available on books and users of the Kobo catalog, including the text, meta-data associated with the text, and user features associated with readers of the text. This is a large undertaking. As a first step, the intern and research team will tackle the problem of genre classification, while keeping in mind that the task is one among a collection of desired automatic tagging tools for books. Through the use of NLP and machine learning techniques, books can be categorized and referred to readers via interests that they have expressed. This project is likely to provide valuable insight into both books and readers, allowing Kobo to provide users with higher quality recommendations, interesting reading lists, and deeper understanding of both books and users.

Projet d’augmentation de l’efficacité énergétique du produit

Fondée en 2020, AWL-E a pour mission de commercialiser des solutions de transmission d’énergie sans fil grâce à sa technologie unique offrant plus de distance, de puissance et d’efficacité à ses utilisateurs. L’entreprise se concentre sur l’implémentation de ses inventions aux applications à fort impact social et économique.
AWL-Électricité travaille actuellement au développement d’un chargeur sans fil dans le domaine de la mobilité en utilisant une technologie de couplage capacitif résonant. Son premier produit consiste à recharger les fauteuils roulants électriques de résidants de centre pour personnes âgées, pour ainsi améliorer leur autonomie et réduire la charge de travail du personnel soignant.

Dans le but de manufacturer et d’amener un premier produit sur le marché, AWL-E cherche à développer un système de recharge à distance. Réalisée grâce à l’implication de nos employés et stagiaires, servira à réduire le temps de recharge des fauteuils roulants électriques et améliorer l’expérience utilisateur. Ce projet est crucial pour l’entreprise car il accélérera sa mise sur le marché. De plus, en ayant des composants plus efficaces, notre produit sera plus attrayant pour les futurs clients et permettra de faire des avancés technologiques afin d’éventuellement viser d’autres marchés.

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AI-Driven non-invasive spinal deformity management

Momentum Health is an AI-based digital health platform for remote spine care management. From a 45-second video taken on a smartphone, their technology creates a photo-realistic 3D Model of the patient’s body and using AI predicts the degrees of spinal curvature and assesses the patient’s spinal deformity from the surface topography. They were co-founded by one of the top pediatric spine surgeons, Dr. Jean Ouellet, to address the 40 Million and growing North American population living with spine deformities. In less than 18 months, they have launched clinical studies and pilots at top Hospitals, including UCSF, Texas Scottish Rite and SickKids Hospital; have received FDA 510K Clearance, where they are the first AI Device cleared under the dept. Of Physical Medicine, and they are backed by the largest orthopedic association in the world (https://www.aofoundation.org/). They are starting with spine, but their vision is that by using the phone’s camera combined with AI, they will build a next generation patient-empowered medical imaging platform.

The internship project at Momentum Health is focused on advancing the field of AI-driven spinal deformity management. The intern will work on developing sophisticated machine learning models to predict the progression of spinal deformities and adapt existing AI algorithms for direct 3D mesh data input, aiming to revolutionize spine care diagnostics and patient monitoring.

Unlocking Perpetual Flight through Thermal Prediction

Inspired by how birds fly, Shearwater Aerospace applies AI technology to make drones fly faster and stay in the air much longer. Their autonomous operating system, Smart Flight, enables scalable, adaptive and resilient drone operations by coordinating drones and generating dynamic flight routes that leverage wind energy. This enables drones to fly 25% faster in transit and stay in the air loitering 800% longer.
Shearwater Aerospace is developing an autonomous operating software, Smart Flight, for professional and commercial drones. Smart Flight revolutionizes drone capabilities, enabling them to achieve extended flight durations, higher speeds, and increased operational frequency through the integration of cutting-edge artificial intelligence and wind-powered autonomy. This internship opportunity provides a unique chance to collaborate with an experienced team and world-class researchers specializing in autonomous soaring.
The internship is anticipated to have a transformative impact on Shearwater, elevating our capabilities and positioning us at the forefront of the unmanned aerial vehicule industry. Enhancing our capacity to accurately predict the location of potential energy sources before and during flight operations will enable us to provide a precise estimation of the flight potential to drone operators. This is not only critical for planning successful missions, but it will also significantly improve flight safety, operational efficiency and overall performance, including a substantial increase in flight time. This extended flight duration will not only enhance mission capabilities but also result in a considerable reduction in drone fuel consumption, aligning with our commitment to sustainable and green aviation.

Cultivating Financial Literacy and Mentorship Programs for Indigenous Communities

The Summer Internship for 2024 will focus on having two interns continue to enhance and roll out e-learning platforms that focus on Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship fundamentals in Indigenous communities. Specifically, two interns will first be trained in project management, event planning, customer service, financial literacy and technology certification programs that will allow them to deploy the training to 38 Indigenous high school students and over 500 Indigenous people on-reserve across the country. This internship will also provide the opportunity for the interns to engage in telehealth and emergency preparedness practices.

Contrast reduction in coronary catheterization procedures through Artificial Intelligence (AI) analysis of coronary angiograms.

This invention is a software that integrates artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the way contrast media is injected into coronary arteries during medical procedures. It focuses on using the first contrast injection to determine the exact amount needed for further injections in either the left or right coronary artery. This means that the software can predict how much contrast media is needed for each patient, which can be given to an automatic injection system for use by passing specific parameters (volume, flow rate). By tailoring the contrast volume to the patient, the software aims to reduce the amount of contrast media used, lowering the risk of side effects.

Contrast media can cause adverse effects, including contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI), which affects up to 8% of patients undergoing coronary catheterization. The risk is higher in patients with conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease. Developing CI-AKI can lead to serious complications such as increased risk of bleeding, heart attacks, and even death. It also results in longer hospital stays and higher costs, with an average increase of 3.36 days and $9,448 per patient. In severe cases, about 0.3% of patients might need dialysis, significantly increasing both the hospital stay and costs.

As far as the inventors know, this AI-guided system is the first of its kind to provide specific recommendations for contrast injections in the heart’s arteries, with no existing patents found that conflict with this invention.

Analyse du potentiel opérationnel de la technologie RFID – Déploiement d’un procédé de traçabilité de matériels dans les entreprises par la technologie RFID : migration vers l’usine 4.0

Ce projet concerne l’intégration collaborative de la technologie RFID par cinq entreprises leaders, visant à révolutionner leurs processus opérationnels et logistiques. Cette initiative stratégique est centrée sur l’amélioration de la traçabilité, l’efficience et la compétitivité à travers différents secteurs. En capitalisant sur les avantages de la RFID, les entreprises s’engagent vers une transformation digitale, facilitant une gestion optimisée et une visibilité accrue de leurs chaînes d’approvisionnement. Ce partenariat illustre une approche proactive vers l’innovation et l’adoption de solutions de l’Industrie 4.0 pour un avantage concurrentiel durable. Face à ces nombreux avantages, un regroupement de cinq entreprises s’est uni sous l’égide de l’organisme NOVINOR pour incorporer la technologie RFID dans leurs processus de fabrication et opérationnelles