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Quantum Startup in Waterloo Backed by BlackBerry Co-Founder Gets $10 Million

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · December 10, 2018 2:34 PM · 1 reaction

A Canadian startup backed by BlackBerry Ltd. co-founder Mike Lazaridis has raised $10 million to fund further growth.

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Shasta Ventures led the investment round in Isara Corp., which sells encryption technology to protect data from the threat of hackers armed with quantum computers.

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Trillium Hatchery Inc. opens new 70-thousand square foot facility in Stratford

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · December 10, 2018 2:31 PM · 1 reaction

There’s a new addition to the business landscape in Stratford.

Trillium Hatchery Inc. held a ribbon cutting-cutting ceremony at their 70-thousand square foot facility in the city’s Wright Business Park on Tuesday.

The city says the facility is a $25 million dollar investment which will generate economic opportunities in Stratford and across Ontario.

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Prime Minister in Germany presenting digital Estonia

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · December 10, 2018 2:28 PM · 1 reaction

Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (Centre) is in Germany, where he has already presented an overview of the business landscape and prognosis to a group of German entrepreneurs considering, or already, investing in Estonia.

Speaking at Monday's summit, Mr Ratas stressed Germany's industrial strength and orientation towards innovation, encouraging the audience to adopt yet further technological and innovation-intensive business models.

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Mayor says Toronto reaping benefits from failed Amazon HQ2 bid

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 29, 2018 3:49 PM · 1 reaction

Toronto may not have won the right to host Amazon's next corporate headquarters, but Mayor John Tory says taking part in the competition nonetheless represented a victory.

In a statement on Tuesday, Tory said the process of bidding for Amazon's huge expansion, dubbed HQ2, has raised the city's profile around the world as a tech hub.

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Innovative Application Tracker Delivers Better Community Engagement on Development

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 29, 2018 3:47 PM · 1 reaction

As the Sunshine Coast’s reputation as the nation’s hotspot for innovation continues to grow, its local government has set a new benchmark for community engagement on planning and development matters with the launch of Development.i.

Developed in-house, Sunshine Coast Council’s Development.i sets a new standard for public information and engagement through DA tracking systems.

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Australia moves another step closer to driverless vehicles

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 29, 2018 3:46 PM · 1 reaction

The Qld Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) has been preparing for the Ipswich Connected Vehicle Pilot, a trial of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) technologies, which will see around 500 vehicles retrofitted with C-ITS devices from late 2019.

The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) have embarked on an exciting project to trial Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) technologies. The Ipswich Connected Vehicle Pilot will consider how C-ITS can makes roads and road users safer, and contribute towards a vision of zero road deaths and serious injuries on the state’s roads. As part of the Pilot, TMR will develop Australia’s first Security Credential Management System (SCMS) for C-ITS (Vehicle 2 Everything – V2X). The pilot will also act as a feasibility study, laying the technical foundations for the future generation of smart transport infrastructure.

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Accelerating our Smart Society @ High Tech Campus, Eindhoven

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 22, 2018 1:46 PM · 1 reaction

In recent years, we have seamlessly progressed towards connected-communities. As such, an ever-increasing wave of new smart products is meshing into our lives. Welcome to the new era of Smart Society.

Eindhoven’s High Tech Campus (HTC) currently holds the top spot on Innovation in Europe. As a matter of fact, HTC is quickly becoming the driving force on several key technologies in the global arena.

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Dublin OKs pact to enable connected-vehicle testing

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 22, 2018 1:45 PM · 1 reaction

Smart-vehicle testing in Dublin likely won’t begin until the next year or so, but drivers probably won’t even realize test vehicles are passing them on the road, according to Patrick Soller.

Soller is general manager with Alten-Cresttek, an engineering services company in Dublin hired to provide engineering services and public engagement for the Route 33 Smart Mobility Corridor.

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City of Hamilton smashes its own records in 2018 construction boom

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 22, 2018 1:42 PM · 1 reaction

Hamilton is celebrating its biggest construction year in the city’s history.

“On Sept. 11, 2018, the City of Hamilton has, for the very first time, hit the billion dollar mark as early as September,” said Hamilton chief building official Ed VanderWindt.

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‘Special report: The future of mobility in Eindhoven’ by Automotive World

Posted on News & Media by Victoria Krisman · November 13, 2018 12:51 PM · 1 reaction

It may be a small Dutch city, but it’s home to a powerful roster of major global automotive companies; it’s also strong economically, thanks in part to the pan-industry, cross-discipline Brainport initiative. As a result, Eindhoven has secured its place in the future mobility race.

The city’s culture of sustainability, innovation and industry-academia collaboration have helped to attract global companies to invest, and the Dutch government’s active involvement, coupled with its ambition to cut emissions and make the country globally competitive, have created the ideal home for developments in smart mobility.

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