Posts Tagged: entrepreneurship
About a year ago, three University of Toronto undergraduate students, Fahd Ananta (Computer Science), Guru Mahendran (EngSci 1T3), and Thariq Shihipar (EngSci 1T3), began developing a web services aggregator, Chime. Officially launching in January of this year, Chime, which is available on the Google Chrome…
Although virtual keyboards are increasingly common, they can sometimes be frustrating to use. That frustration helps explain why the “Minuum”, a new keyboard developed by Will Walmsley (MASc IndE 1T2) and computer science assistant professor Khai Truong, is creating a lot of…
[vimeo 55252822 w=760 h=428] Three U of T Engineering graduates have invented the world’s most energy-efficient light bulb, the NanoLight. According to Gimmy Chu (ElecE 0T6), Tom Rodinger (IBBME PhD 0T7) and Christian Yan (ElecE 0T6), it’s a breakthrough in…
Although entrepreneurship is sometimes perceived as a one-person show – think Steve Jobs – in many cases, the next big, successful business idea is ignited through teamwork. That’s the basis behind U of T’s first-ever Idea Ignition Weekend, hosted by…
Almost 3,000 students crowded into the McCaul Street Exam Centre for the fourth annual You’re Next Career Fair last week to meet with 81 potential employers ranging from A Thinking Ape to Xtreme Labs. That number was sixty percent higher…
Passwords are the bane of 21st century life. But Bionym, a Toronto-based tech start-up founded by Foteini Agrafioti (ElecE MASc 0T9 PhD 1T1) and Karl Martin (ElecE BASc 0T1 MASc 0T3 PhD 1T0), promises to change that. The company develops…
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