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Why We Make Robots Human

For an upcoming episode of Spark, host Nora Young spoke to Professor Andrew Goldenberg (MIE), who spearheads the Robotics and Automation Lab at the University of Toronto, on why researchers are obsessed with replicating robots to the human form. To…

Praxis II Challenges Students to Design for Toronto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc7p7J3dOjE Tasked with the challenge to design for Toronto, first-year EngSci Praxis II students stepped up to the plate and came up with creative, sustainable and feasible innovations to enhance the city’s infrastructure. At the 2011 Praxis II Showcase, held…

New App Helps Those Who Can’t Speak to Be Heard

Around the world, there are millions who cannot speak, either because of brain injuries or conditions such as autism. Now, some students at the University of Toronto have come up with an app that merges a voice synthesizer with a…

IBBME to Offer Clinical Engineering PhD Concentration for Fall 2011

April 6, 2011 A new Clinical Engineering concentration within the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering‘s PhD program has been approved for launch in September 2011. The new concentration, for doctoral candidates with an undergraduate engineering degree, will emphasize enhancing…
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