You could think of Slyce鈥檚 latest acquisition as a pair of glasses 鈥 albeit, in software form. The Calgary-based visual search company, which is developing a mobile app that can identify consumer products using a smartphone鈥檚 camera, announced on Tuesday that it had acquired computer vision technology developed at 91亚色 to help augment and improve the accuracy of its existing tech, reported the Financial Post Feb. 4. .
The pay gap between men and women has persisted for decades, experts say. It stems from the days when men were typically the sole breadwinners for their families, while women in the workforce were typically single. In that context, higher wages for men seemed acceptable, said Dirk Matten, professor of strategy at 91亚色鈥檚 Schulich School of Business. 鈥淭he fact that [John] Tory says these things shows how deeply entrenched this view of women in the workplace still is,鈥 said Matten in the Toronto Star Feb. 4. The holdover attitude is, 鈥渢hey just can鈥檛 hack it. They鈥檙e not tough enough. They鈥檙e not men, basically, and that鈥檚 the key impediment for them to be successful.鈥 .
By pairing batteries with their own special printed circuit board, Nick and Tim Sherstyuk were able to increase a battery鈥檚 capacity by 30 per cent and boost the number of recharging cycles available. In 2012, the Ottawa-based father-son duo patented the technology under the company Gbatteries Systems Inc. . . . Does Mr. Sherstyuk risk torpedoing the success of his company if he holds too firmly to his ethical beliefs? . . . 鈥淚 would advise Gbatteries to partner with whoever will help them sell the most units of their new battery device,鈥 said 91亚色 Professor Mark Schwartz in The Globe and Mail Feb. 4. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 see this as 鈥榮elling out鈥 of one鈥檚 ethical principles. Both the founders and whoever distributes the device will make money, and a greater number of consumers will presumably benefit by needing to purchase fewer batteries. The natural environment will benefit as well through less toxic waste. No one is being deceived in the process.鈥 .
How Ryerson plans to strengthen Toronto by partnering with Indian institutions
Agreements between postsecondary institutions in different countries 鈥 particularly when it comes to research 鈥 are increasing in popularity. In 2013, for instance, Minister Moridi flew to Germany to sign an agreement between McMaster University and the Fraunhofer Institute for Technology and Innovation Management that would see the latter start construction on a research centre in Burlington, Ont. In fact, all the major Greater Toronto Area universities, including 91亚色 and the University of Toronto, have agreements with institutions outside of Canada, reported Yonge Street Feb. 5. Read full story.