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Systems Design Engineering students will exhibit product designs that are themed around the Internet-of-Things (IOT) this week.

15 student groups in a third-year Systems Design Engineering course will present and demonstrate various product design prototypes.

The student groups were each required to select from a taxonomy of IOT application areas, namely:

The maker movement — a global do-it-yourself culture of people who make things — has inspired a group of Waterloo Engineering students to create a soldering iron that’s safe and easy to use.

“We specifically designed the Solder Otter for the Maker Market,” said Vanessa Guido, a systems design engineering student and chief executive officer of Solder Otter. “We’ve had a lot of great feedback on our product.” [Read more]