Delirium is a major factor in the overall wellbeing of a patient receiving care in a medical setting. The condition is considered a medical emergency, marking a severe change in mental state typified by confused thinking, a lack of awareness of one’s surroundings and often poor recovery outcomes for a patient. Significantly, when diagnosed early, […] Read more
Cassidy e-Care Solutions is on a mission to empower diabetes patients. With a partnership with WIMTACH, the Winnipeg-based startup has successfully established the Minimum Viable Product for a mobile application that is set to enable people with Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes to collect, track and share diabetes information. It makes it easy for users […] Read more
In the high days of the lock down provisions of the Covid-19 pandemic, it underscored what everyone already knew: companies who adapt to the online space thrive and the rest fall behind. It’s this reason that the team at Taltis Foods, a Toronto based retail business, decided to partner with WIMTACH-CEDA, on the enhancement of […] Read more
Quince Flowers is one example of a retail business that has benefitted from a partnership with WIMTACH-CEDA. In 1997, owner Rosie Jeffares-Levitt started her floral business out of her kitchen. Then she established a brick-and-mortar boutique within a well-known furniture store. Next came new shared retail ventures and a flagship store of her own. Now […] Read more
WIMTACH and AAVAA, partnered to develop e-textile-based sensors for assistive smart glasses which is able to detect actions like eye movement, blinking, and other facial gestures. The device supports users with high levels of disabilities to communicate with other assistive devices through a signaling system which is captured from nose pads and temple tips. Founder […] Read more
WIMTACH, the Social Innovation Research Center, and the Scarborough Food Network, a Scarborough-based not-for-profit organization, collaborated on a two-day hackathon on November 7th and November 8th. The partnership enabled students to rise to the challenge of developing a web and mobile application to integrate different functionalities and features to support various food banks and community […] Read more
WIMTACH and the Centre for Explainable Data Analytics (CEDA) are proud to announce a recent award of $4.5 million in funding from MITACS’ Umbrella program for a student internship called “Internships for Data-Driven Innovation Acceleration” (IDIA). With this funding, the WIMTACH and CEDA research team will be able to provide 300 applied research and experiential […] Read more
Originally from a filmmaking background, when Ben Sainsbury purchased his first Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset, he was fascinated by the expansive potential of the immersive experience of this technology and motivated to explore this world further. As a result, he decided to pursue a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Ontario Tech University. His […] Read more
A retired engineer, for Shah Nawaz Husain, gardening and tending to his rose garden was not just a hobby, but a passion. After years of meticulously nurturing his garden, he developed systems to prevent issues encountered from over watering his plants, and his communication with other gardeners helped him to understand that this was a […] Read more
Great ideas are often a result of major life changes, and for brothers Djalil and Walid Baba-Moussa, their transition into Montreal as international students was the catalyst for a business idea that merged their new life in Canada and the familiarity of life in Benin. In the summer of 2019, Walid and Djalil were inspired […] Read more
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