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ScreenPlay Turns Waiting into an Art

As a regular outpatient with cerebral palsy, 12-year-old Caleb spends a lot of time in waiting rooms. It hasn’t always been as fun as it is now. Caleb was just one of the children from a focus group who helped…

A Golden Milestone for a Golden Anniversary

The Faculties of Applied Science & Engineering,  Dentistry  and  Medicine  recently gave the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) the perfect golden anniversary gift. IBBME Director Paul Santerre, along with Dean Cristina Amon of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Dean David…

IBBME PhD Student Balances School, Baseball Career

It’s become second nature for Drew Taylor (IBBME PhD candidate) to begin his day at the lab and end it atop a pitching mound. Since 2008, he’s been juggling a full-fledged baseball career as a pitcher for the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball…

Wearable Computers Nothing New for U of T Engineering Professor

While Google’s latest project – developing eyewear that integrates computer technology – may have the technology world buzzing, a recent story by the U.K.’s The Guardian points out that a U of T Engineering professor did it first. Professor Steve Mann of The Edward…

Money Puck

What the heroes of Moneyball did for baseball, Industrial Engineering Professor Timothy Chan and undergraduate engineering student David Novati are doing for hockey. As retold in the Oscar-nominated movie, Billy Beane and Paul DePodesta used statistical analysis and nuanced metrics such as on-base…
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