Innovation News
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The Elevate Tech festival is only one year old, but after watching this week’s launch event at Shopify’s Toronto HQ, it appears that Canada’s largest tech festival has grown by leaps and bounds.
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A $20 million international competition to make profitable products from carbon dioxide that otherwise would contribute to global warming has entered its final stretch.
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When a group of Greek students dreamt up the Pyrforos electric vehicle, they never imagined their futuristic, energy-efficient invention would inspire US automaker Tesla to invest in their crisis-hit country.
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Infrastructure Canada's long-awaited "Smart City Challenge" is now in full swing across the country and already, communities and green-groups are gathering input and ideas from citizens for their funding bid to the federal government.
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In Vancouver, British Columbia on February 5, Premier John Horgan announced the appointment of Alan Winter as the province’s first innovation commissioner. He will be an advocate for the province's technology sector in Ottawa, Washington state and abroa
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Toronto's booming technology scene is threatening the economic power of some of more established parts of the U.S. A number of reports chart the continued rise of Canadian innovation.
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About 4,500 companies and organizations will be attending the CES consumer electronics trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada next week. Companies with well-known names down to hundreds of startups will be in attendance, hoping to be this year's big winner.
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A recent report from PwC describes how artificial intelligence will transform the productivity of companies and have a significant impact on the GDP potential of the global economy. This will primarily be from product enhancements.
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As global populations increase and resources become scarce, Plantagon, a Swedish food-tech company, is proposing the idea of “plantscrapers.” This creative solution could allow office buildings to feed thousands of people every year.
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Drug deaths in the U.S. rose by 21 percent in 2016, a one year spike amounting to a bigger jump than over the previous four years, according to the CDC. But treatments are often not covered by insurance. Enter some innovative startups.
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An innovative new system has been developed that will make it safer and more efficient to operate tractors and combine harvesters under changing crop densities and differing conditions in the terrain.
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A growing number of businesses are investing in innovative strategies to uncover new growth opportunities. However, many companies are still facing big challenges in the pursuit of digital transformation.
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Back in 2000, Apple released the Power Mac G4 Cube, a funky small PC designed by Jony Ive himself. It was a good-looking piece of hardware, but it flopped so hard that Apple discontinued it after a year.
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Scientists are now calling for a technological transformation in how Africans undertake agricultural production. With almost three quarters of the workforce on the continent focussed on agriculture, such a change could lead to rapid innovation.
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Denmark-inspired "Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030," is a new global climate alliance with the goal of becoming an engine to drive green growth. The accelerator was launched on Wednesday in the UN Headquarters.
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What began as a pitch to Toronto’s Mayor 90 days ago has become the biggest innovation festival in Canada. Elevate Toronto kicked off its first year in fine form.
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Labor Day weekend brought record-breaking heat to Los Angeles, California as firefighters battled the largest wildfire the city had seen in decades. The extreme heat bears all the marks of climate change and city officials are tackling the heat head on.
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The Edison Awards are celebrating the “Women Behind Innovation”. This scheme recognizes those women who are paving the way with technology as well as encouraging young women to develop the critical skills they need to fuel tomorrow’s innovations.
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Amazon is opening a new headquarters, HQ2, somewhere in North America. It will employ up to 50,000 people, most of them white-collar workers.
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Achieving the goals of a circular economy requires partnerships and commitments across a number of sectors. From multinational corporations to the latest tech-savvy start-up, it takes leadership to get the train on the right track.
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CEOs are concerned their business lacks the capacity to respond to digital transformation, according to a report from KPMG. Business leaders are finding it difficult to use digital strategies in their innovation and are also distrustful of their data.
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The Commerce Department's Digital Economy Board of Advisors resigned their positions on Friday, making this the third executive-branch advisory council of business and civic leaders to abandon the sinking ship-of-state.
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A new approach is being used to boost research and development (R&D) opportunities for startup biotech companies. The innovation marketplace is a collaboration between Scientist.com and IndieBio and is designed to accelerate the R&D process.
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The New York Public Service Commission has approved a large-scale solar project in New York City proposed by Con Edison that will supply clean energy to about 800 to 1,600 low-income customers in its first phase.
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President Trump has refused to declare the opioid epidemic across America a national emergency, leaving the public to find a solution to the problem. And with the innovative technologies we have at our disposal today, there may be a solution.
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Nutraceuticals are the new generation of powders, pills, and drinks that promise consumers everything from the relief of joint pain to a healthier looking skin. The market is ripe with opportunities for innovative marketing and tech companies.
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In response to the opioid crisis and the escalating number of overdoses from prescription medicines, heroin and opioids in the United States, innovators and tech companies are using technology to create solutions.
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If you’re not innovating in the automotive industry right now, you’re dead and dying. The influence of disruptors like Tesla and the fast pace of technological changes in vehicles are driving companies to rapidly future proof their product lines.
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Eight Toronto startups pitched at the culmination of INFINITI's Lab accelerator program. After a rigorous four-week program, the innovators were ready to show why their products represent the best in IoT and smart city technology.
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3D printing was supposed to reinvent the world — giving common people the simple tools they needed to create any object they needed, right when they needed it, provided it was made out of certain metals or plastic.
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Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, home to Nike, Inc. Coolceasar
Monitoring a crop using the Internet of Things. Kakaxi
Lekan Olawoye - Elevate Lead Executive, Talent
Elevate Toronto kicked off its inaugural year by emphasizing the immense opportunity for Canada's innovation ecosystem
Elevate Toronto kicked off its inaugural year by emphasizing the immense opportunity for Canada's innovation ecosystem. Jack Derricourt
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This year's Elevate festival will bring together thousands of people to celebrate Canada's unique innovation ecosystem.
Razor Suleman - Elevate CEO and founder
Wasted fruit and vegetable leftovers were converted into a leather-like material by students from Netherlands. facebook, fruitleather rotterdam
Wasted fruit and vegetable leftovers were converted into a leather-like material by students from Netherlands. facebook, fruitleather rotterdam
Elevate Toronto CEO Razor Suleman says it's Toronto's time to shine. Digital Journal Staff
Councillor and Advocate for the Innovation Economy Michelle Holland takes a selfie with Mayor Tory. Digital Journal Staff
Once a package gets to the landing pad, an employee will deliver it to the costomer. JD.com
A depiction of a smart city, created on November 22, 2015. Capankajsmilyo
Kakaxi lets you monitor your crops in real time. Kakaxi
Tracking the type of drugs being used and where most of the addicts are in municipalities is possible through ivvovative technology developed by Biobot Labs. New Concord, Ohio Government
Elevate brought together 5000 people to inspire them and help them reach for a future where Canada shapes tech.
JD.com uses an innovative automated drone delivery system to get goods to consumers in rural areas. JD.com
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