Strides Made in Optical Invisibility
If young Harry and friends had not cruised around Hogwarts unseen, hidden by an “invisibility cloak,” much of the hype surrounding metamaterials might itself never have seen the light of day.
Tag: electrical engineering
Professor Edward (Ted) Davison Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering
University Professor Emeritus Ted Davison, of The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was inducted into the USA’s National Academy of Engineering (NAE) as a
Academic and Market Leaders Join Forces to Advance Electric Mobility in Canada
A group of Canadian companies announced their intention today to form a consortium to help advance electric mobility in Canada. Code-named “Project EVE,” the consortium represents an effort
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
New Inexpensive Solar Cell Design is Pioneered
One of the most promising technologies for making inexpensive but reasonably efficient solar photovoltaic cells just got much cheaper. Scientists at the University of Toronto have shown that inexpensive
Ontario’s Aging Grid Puts Province at Risk of More Blackouts
Ontarians can expect more days like Monday, July 5, when a Hydro One breaker burst into flames, leaving 240,000 sweltering Toronto residents without power during a heat wave. Much of the Crown-owned