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Dalhousie president Richard Florizone to head Waterloo quantum-tech lab

Richard Florizone to head up Quantum Valley Ideas Lab, a Waterloo, Ont., centre aimed at connecting research discoveries in quantum technology with products and businesses.

Waterloo students create a system to help visually impaired using touch screens

WatVision is a three part process: smartphone app, industry standard detection markers placed on each corner of a touchscreen and a ring worn on the users’ finger

Google helps Waterloo’s Velocity incubator to expand

The University of Waterloo’s startup incubator Velocity, which has produced companies including Kik and Thalmic Labs, is getting even bigger, with the help of Google.

5 Kitchener-Waterloo Tech Companies to Watch in 2018

Interview with Sheldon Fernandez, CEO at DarwinAI

The University of Waterloo (UW) is central to this narrative as most of our team, including our founders, are Waterloo alumni

Waterloo professor wins Nobel Prize in Physics

Donna Strickland wins Nobel Prize for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics. She is the first woman to win the physics prize since 1963

Laurier students participate in final Communitech competition

Local non-profit, Communitech, offers two competitions which are open to all Canadian, post-secondary students. The Code to Win Challenge and the Design to Win Challenge.

Southern Ontario’s Silicon Valley: Unleashing Waterloo’s tech-innovation sector

For those of us engaged with building the innovation ecosystem in Kitchener-Waterloo, the federal government’s interest and investment in creating these superclusters is highly encouraging.

Serial entrepreneur’s new startup is flying high

After just 10 months Kiite employs 15 people, raised $3 million and is earning revenue from more than six businesses that use the startup's artificial intelligence platform