Talking stickers: U of T Engineering alumni enter finals for Hult Prize
With a week left before Hult Prize finals at the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting, U of T’s Team Attollo is gaining momentum, finding partners in India and Africa and picking up interest from educational organizations. The innovation driving all the excitement? That’s “talking stickers”, the system created by the team of engineers and neuroscientists to improve […]
Four engineering student startups from this year’s Hatchery Demo Day
A more reliable way to remember birth control pills, a single tool that fixes most bike problems, and a satellite communications network that can help ensure tragedies like the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 never happen again. Students from across U of T Engineering pitched these and 10 other startup ideas at this year’s Hatchery Demo […]
Entrepreneurship advice from engineering alumna and Onyx Motion CEO, Marissa Wu
Marissa Wu (EngSci 1T3) continues to grow her smart-watch sports coaching startup, Onyx Motion, as she shuttles between New York basketball courts, Rocky Mountain startup retreats, and her office in the heart of Toronto’s thriving wearable tech scene. But the beginnings of her company? They sparked with an undergraduate friendship at U of T. Wu says […]
Toronto’s longest single graffiti installation celebrates the Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship
This story is Part 1 of a seven-part series, U of T Engineering in the City, running throughout fall 2015. A bold, colourful and unconventional collaboration has taken shape at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. Street artist Jason Wing, also known as SKAM, has painted a massive 276-foot (84-metre) installation that […]
Engineering startup Onyx Motion signs NBA’s Ben Gordon
U of T Engineering startup Onyx Motion is partnering with NBA shooting guard Ben Gordon in a bid to raise the calibre of digital basketball coaching offered by the company’s first-of-its-kind technology, a smartwatch app that offers on-court skills guidance. “We’re hoping to build a motion marketplace — a library of data, moves and audio tips […]
Engineering startup aims to lift language skills of underprivileged children
A handheld device and “talking stickers” are a University of Toronto startup’s strategy to improve the vocabulary and communication skills of children in impoverished communities. “We wanted to create something that was play-based,” said Aisha Bukhari (ElecE 0T8), a graduate of both U of T Engineering and the Rotman School of Management MBA program, who […]
Five innovative ways the new CEIE will engineer tomorrow’s entrepreneurs
This story is Part 6 of an eight-part series, Engineering Experiential Learning, running throughout spring and summer 2015. Next month, U of T Engineering will begin construction of the Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CEIE) — a vibrant new hub that will foster hands-on learning and multidisciplinary collaboration. With state-of-the-art facilities, the building will bring together students, […]
Making the entrepreneurial leap: a Q&A with alumnus and robotics pioneer Raffaello D’Andrea
Although alumnus Raffaello D’Andrea (EngSci 9T1) has been an engineering professor, entrepreneur and artist, he’s better known as the inventor of several types of autonomous robots — machines that can juggle, play soccer and also accomplish more practical tasks. In the early 2000s, D’Andrea co-founded Kiva Systems, a company that designs and builds large robotic systems […]
Five U of T Engineering student startups to watch
Could engineering improve your basketball jump shot, optimize your sleep schedule or help you make smarter investment decisions? These are just a few of the challenges that are motivating the next generation of entrepreneurs in U of T Engineering. The Faculty is creating more student startups than ever — due in part to the growth […]
