Posted on Friday, May 30th, 2014
The Qualcomm XPRIZE Tricorder Competition is a phenomenal opportunity for our students to participate in a prestigious global competition. This applied research project is bringing together Algonquin College students, faculty, and private industry and has the potential to create ground-breaking advances in affordable health care.
Posted on Thursday, May 8th, 2014
Posted on Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
The City of Ottawa, in collaboration with Invest Ottawa, Algonquin College, ArtEngine and Illuminartists, a digital media artist group, recently undertook a first ever Artist’s Residency project at Invest Ottawa’s offices located at 80 Aberdeen Street. Read more >
Posted on Sunday, April 20th, 2014
For the fourth consecutive year, CYBF (the Canadian Youth Business Foundation) and Spin Master Ltd., Canada’s most innovative toy company, are teaming up to offer financing, mentoring, access to specially designed workshops and more to innovative entrepreneurs through the Spin Master Innovation Fund.
The official launch is May 1, with applications being accepted until June 20. The fund will support up to ten innovative start-ups with each recipient receiving:
Applicants must be between the ages of 18-39
More information is available at www.spinmasterinnovationfund.ca.
Posted on Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
Congratulations to all the exhibitors of the Applied Research Day 12.0 student showcase on April 11, 2014! Their hard work and dedication are shown by their amazing projects and results. Read more >
Posted on Tuesday, April 8th, 2014
Algonquin College Mechanical Engineering Technology students (Jason Pell, Andrei Potapov, Micheal Hii, Neil Fevrier, Kitiphong Norasith, Scott Hall and Ali Khalladi), overseen by Prof. Sandra Brancatelli, joined the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Read more >
Posted on Thursday, March 27th, 2014
“What would happen if the whole world came together for one week every year to focus on what’s new and important in health and medicine?”
Algonquin College is about to find out when it hosts TEDMED Live 2014. TEDMED is conference held once a year created by the founders of Ted talks. Read more >
Posted on Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
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In Spring 2014, an interdisciplinary group of students from Algonquin College, Ottawa, will train local birth attendants in newborn resuscitation and work with children and youth on a health and wellness project in the Bunda District, Tanzania. The students will deliver part of the training using an augmented reality application they built themselves with NGRAIN© Augmented Reality. To learn more, visit www.facebook.com/breathoflife2014 or follow the team on Twitter: @BreathOfLife14
Posted on Monday, March 24th, 2014
It’s near the end of March.
Whew!… March is one month that always seems to move fast! This is the month where, in additional to our usual tasks, we start planning the summer projects.
It’s too bad that outsiders don’t get a chance to see the behind-the-scenes work we do for the summer projects. It involves a significant amount of ‘intra-preneurship.’ Read more >
Posted on Monday, February 3rd, 2014
A client’s collaborative research project focused on bringing accessible clothing to the disabled was recently featured on CBC Ottawa. This project was conducted in collaboration with the Health and Wellness Research Centre (Office of Applied Research and Innovation) and supported through funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Learn more about this inspiring and exciting project here.