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1Kit
Education and research are increasingly internet-centric processes, but lack comprehensive tools catering to the diverse needs of students and individuals involved in these fields. Current productivity and focus tools are too broad and do not target the niche pain points of learners and researchers, leading to decreased motivation, procrastination, and wasted potential. This results in reduced efficiency and effectiveness in learning and productivity. There is a clear need for a solution that provides a range of specialized tools that target niche problems, enabling learners and researchers to optimize their internet-centric workload, increase their focus, and reduce procrastination.
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agile.
On average, 12% of seniors (ages 65+) within long term care homes can’t speak English proficiently. Consequently, with 70% of malpractice a result of miscommunication–these seniors are at an additional risk. The problem: Language barriers are decreasing the quality of care for non-english speaking seniors in long term care homes. The service environment of long term care homes and the needs of senior end users requires a compatible, easy use and frictionless solution. As a result, existing solutions for translation aren’t often designed for seniors nor the environment they are in since smartphones, mobility and technology knowledge is often required.
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Aureate
Aureate: the Golden Gift. This is a mobile application that makes it easier for you to find gifts on the go. Specifically, we will track interests and wish-lists for your loved ones, offer you personalised recommendations, and the best deals. This will be a primarily free service, but we will support advertisements and product placement from other companies. With Aureate, we hope to empower people in their efforts to express their love.
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Call Fusion
CallFusion’s goal is to create an automated AI salesperson used in call centers and businesses that leverage telemarketing. Currently, telemarketing is performed almost exclusively by people, requiring adept communication skills and complex judgment to handle objections and answer inquiries; this has resulted in billions of dollars being spent by businesses on paying salespeople who, often, are not even effective at closing deals. Using AI models such as OpenAI’s GPT-4 in combination with speech interpreters and realistic voice models, our product will completely automate sales calls, increasing closing rates for businesses while saving money that would be spent paying real salespeople.
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CrossCopy
Developers and designers frequently experience interruptions and delays in their thought processes when they need to switch between reading references and working. Having an additional computer on the side could be helpful, but data transfer between devices can be a hassle. Repeatedly transferring text and screenshots between devices using chat applications is inefficient, can make fast workers irritating, and is inadequate for sensitive information.
We propose CrossCopy, a cross-platform clipboard syncing application that allows devices to share a universal clipboard. This enables seamless sharing of text, screenshots, and files between computers and phones. With CrossCopy, users can take advantage of the full potential of their electronic devices and work more efficiently without worrying about the barriers between devices and platforms.
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Epiloid Biotechnologies
Pharmaceutical companies spend ~$0.8-1.6B on clinical trials for new neurology drugs, of which >90% fail, the drug never reaching market. The most cited factors in this failure is due to poor translation from preclinical models to human patients, whether due to lack of efficacy or unforeseen toxicity. Rodent models are the current gold standard of preclinical testing, as there is currently no useful preclinical human brain tissue model for measuring drug efficacy. To address this issue, advances in tissue engineering have resulted in a new platform for functional brain tissue testing: human stem cell derived cerebral organoids.
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Kón Engineering
The Carbon footprint impact of commercial aircraft has been under scrutiny for decades as 2% of global emissions are resultant from the aviation sector. The take-off procedure is the only stage of the flight where engines are on maximum thrust, thus making it a fuel-intensive process with adverse environmental implications. Presently, commercial aircrafts burn an average of 175 kg of fuel during take-off, leading to 570 kg of CO2 emissions per flight just from take-off alone. Toronto Pearson Airport has ~450,000 flights per year, leading to a total of ~78,750 tonnes of CO2 emissions and $91 million worth of fuel.
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Kumine
A key need in the mining industry is the capacity to proactively manage wastewater throughout the mining life cycle. Mining wastewater systems are complex systems both hydrologically and geochemically based on a diversity of characteristics such as the location, size, geology, climate, microbiology, and variable inputs. These water systems must be adaptively managed to prevent impacts to the environment, meet regulatory requirements, maintain a site’s social license to operate, and achieve closure objectives. The mining, milling and other processing activities from the operation expose naturally occurring sulfide bearing minerals and elemental sulfur in significant quantities, which create conditions that favor acid generating oxidation reactions that can be detrimental to the surrounding environment. The liability associated with acid mine drainage is estimated to be $5 billion within Canada and $100 billion worldwide.
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LawGenie
Many employees, regardless of their work environment, struggle to navigate the complex and ever-changing laws and regulations related to labor and employment, resulting in a lack of understanding and knowledge of their rights. This leads to employees being taken advantage of by employers and being unable to stand up for themselves with respect to labor laws, company policy, and their employee rights. This is particularly true for people with complex situations, who may not have the resources or support to understand and assert their rights. Our legal startup aims to address this issue by providing an easy-to-use, online platform that simplifies the process of reading, understanding, and learning about work laws. Our platform will empower employees to confidently assert and defend their rights, reducing the exploitation and abuse of employees by employers. We believe that everyone should have access to accurate, up-to-date information about their rights and the ability to assert them, regardless of their work environment. Our goal is to bridge the gap between employees and the laws that protect them, and to help ensure that all employees are treated fairly and with respect.
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Nanodes
Our start-up aims to revolutionize the production of nano-textured metal alloys for energy storage devices such as electrolyzers and fuel cells. The current conventional process involves high temperatures and specialized equipment, which significantly increases the manufacturing cost and process complexity. Additionally, the high temperatures lead to severe surface oxidation, reducing the mechanical properties and lifespan of the metals. With a focus on Hydrogen Economy as our primary market, Nanodes offer an innovative solution to these issues by simplifying the manufacturing process of nano-textured metals, reducing manufacturing costs, and improving the performance of electrochemical devices.
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Polenta
The technologies used in restaurants fail to harness the available data to optimize their processes. This results in a significant loss of potential revenue and unnecessary costs due to human error and avoidable labor costs. Restaurants undergo a time-consuming process of manually predicting walk-ins and assigning reservations to tables and servers, often resulting in a suboptimal solution.
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SustainHydro
Freight transportation contributes to 10.5% of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, where diesel-engine heavy-duty trucks are the primary contributors and limited alternative energy technologies are suitable to replace diesel. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are one possible solution. However, hydrogen infrastructure is limited in most countries. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can use various fuels such as methane while generating much lower emissions compared to combustion. One challenge for the use of hydrocarbon fuels is carbon deposition on functional layers, which degrades the cell performance. SustainHydro is aiming to develop SOFCs with carbon resistant anode (Ni3Sn) with low cost and high durability.
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Energy For Everyone
In today's world, access to reliable electricity is essential for a decent standard of living. However, millions of people in remote areas of the world, especially in remote islands, lack the necessary infrastructure for electricity generation, leading to a stark wealth gap between those who have access to power and those who do not. This disparity not only affects the quality of life of those living in energy poverty but also hinders the economic growth and development of entire regions. The challenge is to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to generate and distribute energy in remote areas, bridging the gap between those who have access to electricity and those who do not. By addressing this problem, we can improve the lives of millions of people and create a more equitable and just world.
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SoilMate
Laboratorial soil testing is a long, tedious process which can take upwards of fifteen days, including collecting, sending soil samples and incurring any related fees. Regular testing can help cash-croppers improve their yield by 20-30%, but due aforementioned reasons, farmers choose to avoid it entirely for several years together and estimate their soil nutrition requirements, leading to sub-optimal yields and disease-prone crops. With climate change having a global impact, soil chemistry has become volatile. We propose an on-site modular soil testing device that can estimate soil parameters to a considerable level of accuracy, and use IOT/AI to give recommendations based on them.
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ThreadLife
The textile industry is one of the most polluting in the world. The majority of used textiles are immediately landfilled, and those diverted still often end up in international waste streams as a result of subpar textile sorting and grading processes. Economic and environmental opportunities to change the current system have been consistently overlooked. Although novel upcycling solutions already exist and we have the expertise to grade more accurately, high labor costs and technological challenges prevent effective diversion. This causes annual losses of up to $7B in Canada alone.
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Urotechniche
Urethral catheterization is a routine medical procedure. Unfortunately, up to 1% of patients will experience urethral trauma during the insertion process, resulting in morbidity such as penile pain, urethral bleeding, urinary tract infection, and/or urethral strictures. This occurs due to premature insufflation of the balloon designed to keep the catheter in the bladder, or due to the use of excessive force during insertion.
Our proposed re-design of the urethral catheter will decrease the risk of urethral injuries due to operator error, leading to improved patient outcomes, improved user satisfaction, decreased costs for the hospital, and decreased patient safety events.
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WalkWise
To address the pressing issue of personal safety and create a secure environment for everyone, it is crucial for society to come together and devise effective solutions. Research shows 56% of female teenagers feel unsafe walking alone in public spaces. 81% of women feel unsafe walking alone in the dark in public or isolated spaces. Primary research conducted among over 150 participants in North America revealed the need for preventive measures to be put into place to enhance personal safety and also showed people are willing to pay over $5 for personal safety. It is essential to recognize that safety is a universal concern, transcending gender and age, and as such, our solution aims to be inclusive and accessible to all individuals.
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