UBC Breakthrough Opens Door to $100 Ultrasound Machine
September 11, 2018
Carlos Gerardo, a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, along with supervising professors Robert Rohling and Edmond Cretu, have developed a new ultrasound probe that could reduce the cost of ultrasound scanners to $100.
Transparent, Flexible Sensor Developed in ICICS Bionics Network Lab
The Molecular Mechatronics Lab, led by Professor John Madden of the ICICS Bionics Network research cluster, has developed a transparent and flexible touch sensor that can detect a light touch and even the proximity of a finger. Potential applications include flexible and rollable hand-held electronics that require a touch screen interface, sensors embedded in sportswear, […]
ICICS Centre for AI Decision-making and Action Launched
The ICICS Centre for AI Decision-making and Action (CAIDA) has launched, with a network of over 50 professors from multiple departments leading groups that develop AI tools for decision-making and action. CAIDA also studies the social, policy, and ethical impacts of AI.
HATCH Graduation and Summer Barbecue
Six of the companies from the original cohort of ventures graduated from HATCH at the end of June, cheered on by their peers and mentors. Acuva Technologies, Microdermics, Excelsense Technologies Corp., Illusense Inc., Sonic Incytes, and AnoMotion Interactive, Inc. will all be moving on to the next stage of bringing their innovations to market.
HATCH Ventures at Launch of New Innovation UBC Hub
Selected HATCH ventures were on hand to discuss their ventures with attendees at the official launch of the new Innovation UBC hub at Robson Square on June 14.
NVIDIA Talk on Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis
Dr. Fausto Milletari from NVIDIA gave a talk in ICICS on June 14 on “Advancement and Trends in Medical Image Analysis Using Deep Learning.” Fausto Milletari is a Senior Solutions Architect at NVIDIA and a Ph.D. graduate from the Technical University of Munich. His major research topic is the segmentation of medical images. The talk […]
Embrace Orthopaedics to Participate in MedTech Innovator Accelerator
HATCH company Embrace Orthopaedics is one of 25 companies selected out of 700 applicants to participate in the MedTech Innovator 2018 Accelerate program in San Francisco. Representatives from the company will spend the week of June 18 in San Francisco at the MedTech Innovator Summit, where they will work with the other selected companies and […]
ICICS at 2018 BCTECH Summit
ICICS was well-represented at the this year’s BCTECH Summit, held from May 14 –16 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Technology leaders, industry executives, investors, senior government officials, researchers and students were among the roughly 9,000 attendees. ICICS Director Rob Rohling was on hand throughout the conference to discuss ICICS research clusters and HATCH with interested […]