VentureLab receives $1.5 million from municipal government to expand hardware, semiconductor incubator
byVentureLab hopes to attract international semiconductor companies to York Region.
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Accelerator Centre offers tools and work space for startups at new hardware innovation lab
byWaterloo’s Accelerator Centre has opened its new hardware innovation lab in downtown Kitchener. The lab, which opening shortly…
Upverter pitches GitHub for hardware on #TheDisruptors
byThe latest season of The Disruptors has officially kicked off, and one of the pitching companies demonstrated how a GitHub…
Belleville drone accident shows current regulation gap
byWe’re going to be hearing a lot of stories about drone accidents in the next couple of years. As we discussed last week,…
Palette takes home Gold UX Design Award from IFA Berlin
byEarly in September, Palette participated in IFA Berlin, an electronics show based in Europe that attracts 245,000 international…
Vancouver’s Mio Global Shows Off the ‘Alpha’ Strapless Heart Rate Wearable
byAt GROW Conference in Whistler, BC, Mio Global CEO Liz Dickinson engaged in a spirited panel discussion about the future of…
Hardware Projects on Kickstarter Raised Over Five Times More Investor Funding as Those on Indiegogo
byA new report has revealed some interesting facts about crowdfunded hardware projects that graduate from Kickstarter and Indiegogo.…
Doing it All: Hardware Meets Software at the IoT Design Shop
by“Software is eating the world, but hardware gives it teeth,” was Renee DiResta’s (Principle, OATV) comment at the first…
This Toronto-Made Kickstarter Device Charges Anything, Anywhere
byThe Prometheus mobile device charger will definitely ship to its Kickstarter backers after nearly doubling its modest goal…
UWaterloo to Open New Velocity Foundry as Kitchener-Waterloo’s Hardware Revolution Continues
byHardware startups are outnumbering software startups for the first time in the University of Waterloo VeloCity Garage program’s…
Former Extreme Startups Company Shoplocket Acquired by PCH International
byTechCrunch has reported that Toronto-based startup startup Shoplocket, a former Extreme Startups graduate, has been acquired…
Piper, The Home Security System that Did Really Well on Indiegogo, Launches Today
byIn late August we covered Piper, a smart home security gadget and app system that shows people how their homes are doing via panoramic…
Recent Kickstarter Winners Palette Look to Build a Future in Waterloo
byAfter having split the past four months between Shenzhen, China and San Francisco, California while running what would go…
Montreal’s Neptune Pine Smartwatch Smashes Kickstarter Goal
byPossibly the most insane smartwatch you’ll hear about in 2013 just finished its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter,…
Pair of Waterloo Students on Kickstarter Hardware Interface: “We’re definitely going to make it”
byHaving already raised $77,000 of a $100,000 Kickstarter target, and still with 31 days left to go, University of Waterloo students Ashish…