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Technology developed by Alexander Wong and team is paving the way for artificial intelligence (AI) to break free of the internet and cloud computing. 

New deep-learning AI software produced with that technology is compact enough to fit on mobile computer chips for use in everything from smartphones to industrial robots. That would allow devices to operate independent of the internet while using AI that performs almost as well as tethered neural networks.

Frank Gu, Chemical Engineering Canada Research Chair - NSERC Renewed Tier 2 CRC in Nanotechnology Engineering ($500,000 over five years)

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Michael Pope, Chemical Engineering professor and collaborators are working to improve energy-storage devices known as supercapacitors. Their novel design roughly doubles the amount of electrical energy the rapid-charging devices can hold, helping pave the way for eventual use in everything from smartphones and laptop computers, to electric vehicles and high-powered lasers.

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A biomedical device based on Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) technology that can fit in the palm of your hand can provide home-testing to help diagnose different diseases.

Heart in space: effect of the extraterrestrial environment on the cardiovascular system

Abstract: National space agencies and private corporations aim at an extended presence of humans in space in the medium to long term.

Helen Chen and Plinio Morita are developing a platform that uses artificial intelligence to bring together health data from social media messages, lab reports, and doctor's clinical notes. 

Researcher Helen Chen, faculty of Applied Health Sciences, is disrupting traditional models of health care.

Chen is the software lead for a collaboration between a team at the University of Waterloo and Dynacare. Together, they are working to launch a smart, mobile ECG the size of a credit card. 

Researcher Plinio Morita, Applied Health Sciences, is working on an application that assesses suicide risk.

The app, CASCA, uses machine learning to psychologically assess teens. It conducts conversations and provides psychological assessments to the user via chatbot. The app also stores and tracks the user's social media interactions.