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Toronto Filmmaker Trying to Perfect Prosthetic Eye Camera

When he was nine years old, Rob Spence used a gun to explode a pile of cow dung at his grandfather’s farm. The recoil seriously damaged Spence’s right eye. Twenty-five years and many painful surgeries later, Spence had surgery to…

U of T Engineering Receives Seven Ontario Research Awards

Engineering at U of T emerged a winner on Thursday when its researchers received several funding awards from Ontario’s Ministry of Research and Innovation. No fewer than four Engineering faculty members received Early Researcher Awards (ERA), which provide significant financial support…

Calgary Scientists to Create Human ‘Neurochip’

The science fiction of melding man and machine has played out for decades onscreen, from The Six Million Dollar Man to The Terminator. But the bionic hybrid age may well be flickering to life – real life – in the Calgary lab where…

Water Flute Gives a Glimpse of Future Interfaces

A fish-shape musical instrument that spouts water jets into which users dip their fingers is being hailed as an example of a new user interface. The instrument, called a hydraulophone, involves putting your fingers on tiny water jets and producing…

ARWU Ranks U of T Engineering First Again in Canada, 19th in World

Engineering at the University of Toronto has held onto its 19th-place position for the second year in a row in the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). It remains the premier institution in Canada for the fourth consecutive year.…
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