Pebble is at it again.
The smartwatch company founded by Waterloo engineering grad Eric Migicovsky has set a new record for a Kickstarter campaign with the launch of its latest smartwatch, the Pebble Time.
Kartik Talwar wanted something more out of the University of Waterloo when he arrived as a student in 2010: information, and lots of it.
It wasn’t that it didn’t exist; it was just in scattered digital nooks and crannies. Talwar, who graduates this year in math and physics, sought a single source from which to shape his student life, a giant repository of data about programs, courses, timetables and services.
So he built one, invited others to contribute and collaborate, and thus added his weight behind the University’s advance into the world of open data.
The Waterloo Pump was invented in 1978 by University of Waterloo professors Alan Plumtree and Alfred Rudin at the request of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IRDC). The goal was to invent an inexpensive pump that could be manufactured in developing countries with local materials that could be easily repaired by villagers using readily available materials.
Creating entangled photons is part of the work quantum computing researchers perform in their labs. But for the past 30 years, scientists have been slowed down and frustrated by the large, often finicky machines they’ve had to use to generate them.
Now, a University of Waterloo researcher has invented a device - so small it fits into your hand - that can do the job. And far from being a fussy, difficult machine to operate, the Waterloo device can be tossed around the room - and still work.
A Waterloo Engineering student is developing a device that he hopes will let people with Type 1 diabetes test their blood sugar levels without the painful prick of a needle.
Shahid Haider was inspired to create the device - which takes pictures of the eye to determine blood glucose concentrations - after watching his younger brother struggle with the daily monitoring of his levels.
Engineering became the choice of study for Brampton, Ontario-born Al Ismaili (BASc 2007, Electrical) after his best friend and Bamba Group co-founder, Faiz Hirani, headed to the University of Toronto to study electrical engineering a year earlier.
Life on Mars – Where Mars is a Dome in Hawaii - is not only the title of Martha Lenio’s new blog, it also sums up where she’ll be for eight months.
Each year, Alumni Achievement Medals are handed out at the Faculty of Engineering Awards Dinner to an outstanding set of individuals in recognition of their hard work and dedication to the field of engineering. In addition, a Friend of the Faculty award is presented to recognize exceptional support of UW’s Faculty of Engineering. Here are this year’s recipients:
A University of Waterloo program that helped recent graduates and new alumni commercialize their innovations and launch businesses has been given a jumpstart – $60,000 for 40 early-stage startups.
The $2.4 million infusion builds on the success of the Scientists and Engineers in Business program, a pilot project that provided 17 Waterloo entrepreneurs with funds and mentorship to move their innovation into the marketplace.
