Engineering

Miovision, a company that helps cities use video feeds to track and manage traffic, is one of Canada’s fastest growing technology companies at the 32nd...

GM Canada calls on University of Waterloo engineers to get “connected car” rolling

David Hamilton - November 11, 2015

In its efforts to bring is vision of a "connected car" to the road, GM Canada has committed $1 million towards the University of Waterloo's Engineering Faculty, which...

U of T engineers use data and drones to provide a clear picture of Toronto traffic

David Hamilton - November 9, 2015

A team at the University of Toronto has created an online platform that takes traffic data from highway cameras, TTC vehicles, drones, and open...

Pay-to-play streaming model could shape the future of 3D printing

Christine Wong - October 26, 2015

The same pay-per-play streaming model seen in the music industry could be coming to the burgeoning business of 3D printing, according to a U.S....

Toronto contractor turns to technology to keep projects moving

Jeff Jedras - October 4, 2015

With the construction industry having to adjust to even tighter timelines and more fast-track projects, one Scarborough, Ont.-based contractor turned to technology to get...

Dell’s vision for a future-ready enterprise

Paolo Del Nibletto - July 3, 2015

Take today’s workloads and try to fit them into a digital-first environment. Not as easy as it sounds. The reality of today is activities...

Musio is a robot friend for either a developer or a five-year-old

Brian Jackson - June 1, 2015

When you think of the future, you imagine having some sort of robot friend in your life. Thanks to science fiction visions of a techno-centric future...

Dell ProSupport helps Republic Metals keep smelting gold

Jeff Jedras - May 31, 2015

ROUND ROCK, Tex. – When Brad Koester arrived at Republic Metals Corp. four years ago as the new vice-president of information technology, from an...

Conservatives’ election year budget gets lukewarm reception from industry observers and critics

Brian Jackson - April 21, 2015

In an election year, the Conservative government delivered a federal budget with the first surplus Canada has seen since the recession while finding some new...

How HP will bridge the digital and physical worlds with Blended Reality

Jeff Jedras - March 17, 2015

Las Vegas – Hewlett-Packard Co. had its futurist lay out its Blended Reality vision at its Global Partner Conference, but this future is actually closer...

Printable electronics: How Canada could make packaging that interacts with your smartphone

Brian Jackson - February 20, 2015

When making the packaging that contains drugs that people rely on for their health, James Lee, the director of technology and innovation at Jones...

CENGN wants to help SMBs revitalize the Canadian telecom industry

Candice So - February 6, 2015

It’s been just six years since Nortel Networks filed for bankruptcy, but the shock waves that went through the Canadian telecom industry are still...

Poka raises $2.5M for an industrial-grade social network aimed at manufacturers

Candice So - January 23, 2015

Alexandre Leclerc can still remember the last time he used a printed sheet of instructions to fix something. It was back in 2012, and he...

How a Google X engineer thinks about problem-solving

Candice So - October 30, 2014

Developers are known for their ability to solve the problems plaguing their code. But maybe, they should look to solve bigger problems beyond their...