The Challenge Bodies are meant to move, but modern life breeds couch potatoes—and desk jockeys. We hear that “sitting is the new smoking,” but many jobs require us to sit or stand in the same position for long stretches of time, and the results can be aches and pains, lower…
The Challenge Keyframe Studios, an award-winning animation and visual effects company created a concept prototype to reduce green-screen post-production compositing time. They needed assistance taking it to the next level, and in making it sophisticated enough to hit the commercial market. Keyframe’s visual effects division, Krow VFX, partnered with the…
Credit: Hot Sauce Co. (Instagram Profile) The Hot Sauce Co. is a start-up business established by a young entrepreneur driven by a passion for spicy food. With three products so far and a growing list of clients, this London-based food company was ready for an operational scale-up strategy to pave the…
Canadian smart glasses that could change the wearable game In 1983 the first iteration of the mobile phone was released by Motorola in the United States. If you’re old enough, you might remember Tom Selleck as Magnum PI using one, a big beige brick with an antenna. Not something…
NSERC funding supports advanced manufacturing sectors, supporting economic recovery for SMEs through sustainability, profitability and growth This spring, the network welcomed the news of a $2-million investment from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). On April 5, NSERC’s College and Community Innovation (CCI) program announced three…
New partnership expands range of facilities and brings product design R&D capabilities Today, George Brown College becomes the newest member of the Southern Ontario Network for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation (SONAMI), a Niagara College-led consortium of post-secondary academic institutions that provides competitive, disruptive and innovative solutions to Ontario’s manufacturers. In 2019,…
An interdisciplinary team at Niagara College develops smartphone technology for an Ontario manufacturer Walk into the dark hush of Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montreal. There’s a glow from the dark recesses on the periphery of the central nave—hundreds of candles. Flickering golden flames lit by the faithful. A symbolic gesture…
Collaborative industry and academic research is the edge Marsh Brothers Aviation in Burlington has a world-class reputation for polymer engineering. They design and manufacture innovative light-weight non-metallic self-lubricating bushings, bearings, and seals. One polymer, AeroTough®, is already approved by Transport Canada for use in the manufacture of landing gear parts,…
Centennial College has been a leader in aviation for more than 40 years. Programs at the Bombardier Centre for Aerospace and Aviation at Downsview Campus are not yet commonly available outside Canada, and their variety and scope place Centennial at the forefront of aviation and aerospace training in Canada. New…
Sheridan College’s Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Design Technologies (CAMDT) has answered the call to create personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers at CAMDT, located at Sheridan’s Davis Campus in Brampton, Ont., delivered a total of 1,900 certified and reusable face shields:…
