North ends production of Focals, set to launch second generation smart glasses in 2020
North has ended the production and sale of the first generation of its Focals smart glasses, announcing on Tuesday Focals 2.0. The second-generation smart…
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Today in funding ($10.26 million): Winterlight Labs, Casca
Two Canadian startups have announced fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from whom, and what…
eSight, CNIB partnership to expand public access to smart glasses for the visually impaired
eSight, a Toronto-based vision technology company, is partnering with the CNIB Foundation (formerly the Canadian National Institute for the Blind), a non-profit organization dedicated…
North launches app allowing customers to make Focals measurements
Waterloo-based North has launched a new app to help customers get easier access to Focals. The app allows US and Canada-based customers to get…
CTRL Labs acquires North’s patents for Myo armband technology
New York-based CTRL Labs, which is working on a device that can translate electrical muscle impulses into digital signals, has acquired the patents for…
SmartHalo crowdfunds an additional $1 million for smart biking device
Montreal-based SmartHalo, a smart biking device developer, has successfully crowdfunded $1 million for the second generation of its product on Kickstarter. “It made sense…
Waterloo-based North’s Focals AR smart glasses now feature Slack integration
It seems Waterloo-based North is adding new features to its Focals smart glasses rather quickly. The latest new functionality to hit the wearable is…
eSight raises $10 million, promotes CCO Kevin Banderk to CEO
Electronic glasses company eSight has raised $10 million in a debenture funding round led by iGan Partners to help with new technology development. The…
Tile expands to Canada, opens engineering hub in Vancouver
Tile, an American cloud-based platform which has developed devices helping users find and track their belongings, has announced it is expanding to Canada and…
Waterloo cycling startup, STAC Performance, acquired by 4iiii Innovations
Cycling power meter and heart-rate monitor company, 4iiii Innovations, has acquired Waterloo cycling tech startup STAC Performance, adding its line of indoor monitoring technology…
VR could help treat Parkinson’s, schizophrenia, autism finds University of Waterloo report
Playing games in VR could be a significant tool in treating people with neurological disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease, according to…
Kognitiv Spark’s AR software to be used by Royal Canadian Navy
Canada’s Royal Navy will be using a new software developed by Fredericton-based tech startup Kognitiv Spark. Kognitiv Spark’s Mixed Reality Remote Assistant Support (MIRRAS)…
Waterloo wearables-tech company announces first shipment of “smart shirt”
Aexos (Advanced Exoskeletal Systems), a Kickstarter-funded wearables company based in Waterloo, has announced the first shipment of its wearables product, a “smart shirt” designed…