Blockchain@UBC Students on Global News
Students from ICICS research cluster Blockchain@UBC demonstrated their blockchain-based HyperVote online voting software on Global News at the 2018 BCTECH Summit.
ICICS Research Cluster Bionics@UBC Hosts Workshop at Emerging Technologies Conference
Under the leadership of ECE Professors John Madden, Karen Cheung and Konrad Walus, the Bionics@UBC ICICS research cluster brought together many of its international collaborators for a workshop entitled “Advanced Prosthetics and Soft Robotics” at the 2018 Emerging Technologies Conference, held from May 9-11 in Whistler, BC. ET-CMOS (Emerging Technologies-Communications, Microsystems, Optoelectronics, Sensors) is a conference dedicated […]
ICICS Women in Tech Student Workshop
On Saturday, April 28, 20 high school and first-year university students (16 women, 4 men) participated in a Women in Tech workshop in ICICS led by two second-year biomedical engineering students. They wanted to see if they could build a heart-rate sensor from scratch. The group divided up into groups of 3-4, and within 4 hours had […]
HATCH Featured in BCBusiness
A recent story in BCBusiness focuses on prototyping work being carried out in HATCH by CarboNet Nanotechnologies and Embrace Orthopaedics that could have a major impact on society.
BC Tech President and CEO Jill Tipping Visits HATCH
On April 18, the BC Tech Association’s President and CEO Jill Tipping took time out of her busy schedule to tour HATCH. As the former VP Operations and CFO of Schneider Electric Solar, Jill knows the technology industry intimately, and is committed to growing the BC tech ecosystem. The BC Tech Association is a trade […]
HATCH Entrepreneur Wins Three Medals at Commonwealth Games
Scott Morgan, co-founder of the HATCH venture Embrace Orthopaedics, has won two silver medals in the team gymnastics competition and a bronze in rings at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, held in Australia from April 4-15. Morgan joined the Canadian national gymnastics team in 2011, and won gold medals in rings and vault, silver in floor, […]
Award-Winning Technology Emerges from ICICS Sound Studio
Chantelle Ko, a Bachelor of Arts students with double majors in Music and English, has won the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference – Undergraduate Research Opportunities (MURC-URO) Award out of 250 entrants. Ko won for her work on a Touch Responsive Augmented Violin Interface System (TRAVIS), an augmented violin with two touch sensor strips attached to the […]
HATCH Company ExcelSense Tests Self-Cleaning Camera at BC Mill
A self-cleaning camera developed by HATCH venture ExcelSense Technologies, has cut maintenance downtime at at a Canfor sawmill in northern BC by almost 60 per cent. By providing the ability to see a critical but previously invisible process on the worksite, the technology enabled millworkers to prevent a recurring clogging problem from developing on multiple occasions.
HATCH Venture Acuva Technologies Wins BCIC Ignite Award
Acuva Technologies has been awarded a 2018 BCIC Ignite Award of $300,000 by the BC Innovation Council, one of four awards given to BC projects that have demonstrated the ability to succeed in environmental engineering, biotechnology, and agriculture. Award criteria are based on commercial and technical viability as well as the ability to be market […]
Canadian Trade Commissioner Advises HATCH Ventures
On March 14, HATCH ventures received invaluable advice from Lewis Coughlin, Consul and Trade Commissioner with the Seattle office of the Trade Commissioner Service of Global Affairs Canada, on securing investment from U.S. investors in the Pacific Northwest region.