Meet Ed, your homecare worker of the future. Ed will help you make a perfect cup of tea. He’ll remind you where the garbage bin is, and once you’ve thrown out your garbage he’ll remind you to wash your hands. He’ll even show you how to switch on the kettle. One more thing: Ed is… Read more »

December 16, 2014 | Jamie Hunter Alumnus Frank Milligan (MechE 4T8) knows there is vast potential in biomedical engineering when it comes to advancing health care, and he is playing a major part in assisting its progress at U of T Engineering. Since 2007, Milligan and his wife, Barbara, have generously supported biomedical engineering research… Read more »

Engineering a surface so slippery a gecko couldn’t climb it December 4, 2014 |Luke Ng & Sydney Goodfellow Engineering a surface that is so slippery even geckos can’t stick to it may sound like a fun science fair project. But new surface-coating technology developed by materials science and engineering professor Ben Hatton, together with colleagues… Read more »

While the Canadian government has recently pledged $500M to immunize children in the world’s poorest countries, rapid, inexpensive detection and surveillance systems for deadly diseases is crucial for countries that can’t afford to vaccinate their entire populations. It’s a challenge that University of Toronto researchers are meeting with an ingenious twist: a paper-based diagnostic system…. Read more »