Generally, augmented reality has been a plaything for smartphone users. Superimposing computer-generated images atop real ones carried little more than novelty value for a while, but people are starting to find real utility in it. Translation services that spot and replace signs in foreign languages with English ones on your smartphone’s screen are a good […]
By Danny Bradbury — Mar 25 '14
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The road to technology commercialization can take researchers through dangerous territory – and one of the scariest areas is intellectual property. Research is all about ideas, and working out who owns them and how to share the profits can be more complex than you’d think. Just ask the University of Regina. The University last year […]
By Danny Bradbury — Feb 25 '14
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Good ideas were not meant to languish in the library. Commercialization involves getting them out to market, but licensing a technology to a third party isn’t the only way to do it. Spinning off a technology into a startup company can offer high returns, if researchers are willing to put in the time and effort […]
By Danny Bradbury — Feb 11 '14
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Getting technology from the lab into the marketplace can be a daunting process, fraught with potential problems – and yet it could be one of the contributing factors to an ongoing innovation gap. The Conference Board of Canada’s report, Canada’s Competitiveness and Innovation Doldrums, says that Canada was 25th on the global innovation charts last […]
By Danny Bradbury — Jan 29 '14
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Canada plays host to an exciting variety of research projects. Many of them could be of use to commercial partners, but how can companies find them? The Canadian Foundation for Innovation hopes it has the answer. The CFI has launched a search engine designed to help companies find research projects that they could use commercially. […]
By Danny Bradbury — Dec 13 '13
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When Geoffrey Rockwell plays games, it’s a serious business. Rockwell, Director of the Canadian Institute for Research in Computing and the Arts at the University of Alberta, is co-leader of Digital Games for Learning and Training (DIGLT), a project that focuses on researching the mechanics of good game design. DIGLT is part of the GRAND […]
By Danny Bradbury — Dec 5 '13
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Firms such as Visa Canada are applying basic gamification techniques to financial literacy education, but most have a long way to go before they score big. Earlier this month, for example, the credit card firm rolled out the latest version of Financial Soccer, a website using an online soccer game to teach people financial literacy, […]
By Danny Bradbury — Nov 15 '13
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One hundred and forty characters was once considered all anyone needed, but shortly before its blockbuster IPO this week, Twitter added a lot more elements to its service that raise questions about generating revenue at the risk of alienating users. The company announced late last month that it would include previews of pictures and Vine […]
By Danny Bradbury — Nov 8 '13
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