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August 22, 2019 by Tom Abate, Stanford University

Heat shield protects electronic devices

Atomically thin materials could create heat-shields for cell phones or laptops that would protect people and temperature-sensitive components and make future electronic gadgets even more compact.

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August 21, 2019 by The Canadian Press: Grant Alexander Wilson, Department of Management & Marketing, Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan

Tech start-ups that fail fast succeed faster

It is estimated that 75 per cent of technology start-ups do not generate profits

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August 13, 2019 by Tim Holt, senior technical lead, corporate social responsibility and laboratory operations, Claigan Environmental

Changes coming for REACH SVHC

Additional compliance requirements for products containing REACH SVHCs are coming - starting January 5th, 2021

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August 12, 2019 by EP&T Magazine

Feds invest $137M in CANARIE to renew mandate

Investment in Canada’s digital research infrastructure positions Canadians for leadership in world-class, data-intensive research and innovation

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August 9, 2019 by EP&T Magazine

Storage processor boosts data centre efficiency

Newly developed architecture increases data centre storage by more than 60x

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August 7, 2019 by EP&T Magazine

Wearable tech to become $54B industry by 2023

GlobalData finds growth will be driven by sales of smartwatches

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August 6, 2019 by Bryan Christiansen, founder & CEO, Limble CMMS

How safe is your data in Industry 4.0?

Manufacturing is one of the most targeted industries for cyber-attacks

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August 3, 2019 by EP&T Magazine

Top wireless technology trends revealed

Gartner analysts reveal emerging and disruptive technologies heading our way

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August 2, 2019 by John Toon, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Soft wearable health monitor uses stretchable electronics

A wireless, wearable monitor built with stretchable electronics could allow comfortable, long-term health monitoring of adults, babies and small children without concern for skin injury or allergic reactions caused by conventional adhesive sensors with conductive gels.  The soft and conformable monitor…

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July 31, 2019 by The Canadian Press, Vancouver

Federal gov’t commits $20M to scale health tech

The federal government has committed $20 million to help scale up innovative Canadian companies in the health and biosciences sectors. The funding announced Monday will go towards establishing a marketplace on which small and medium-sized companies and startups will be…

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July 30, 2019 by Linda Vu, UC Berkeley College of Engineering

VR/AR designs could gain touch capability

Researchers at UC Berkeley College of Engineering have found a way to potentially add touch to VR/AR applications in clothes and other wearables

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July 28, 2019 by EP&T Magazine

Endress+Hauser to build modern customer experience centre

$28 million facility in Burlington Ontario will be LEED gold, net zero carbon and net zero energy