Axem Builds Headset at China’s HAX

Halifax-based Axem Neurotechnology is attending the HAX Accelerator in Shenzhen, China, where it plans to complete the prototype of its device, which enhances mental training for athletes.

The company’s co-founders, Tony Ingram and Chris Friesen, are now at Hax, the world’s largest hardware accelerator, as they prepare to begin beta-testing in Canada.

The two PhD students in neuroscience from

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Jobs: Community Manager at Propel

A position as a Community Manager with PropelICT is our lone posting in our Jobs of the Week column today.

Propel is the main IT accelerator in Atlantic Canada, known for its Launch and Build accelerator programs. The Community Manager will report directly to Propel’s CEO and help educate potential and current accelerator participants and stakeholders. The group is advertising to hire someone in

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Quber Unveils FinTech Savings App

After a summer of intense mentorship in Singapore and a 100-member beta test, Moncton-based fintech company Quber has just launched its product, which helps people manage their spending and savings.

The product — an app that helps people visualize the money they’re saving — was launched this month in the two major outlets for mobile apps, Google Play and Apple’s App Store. Before the launch,

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EhEye Now Detects Guns in Video

EhEye, a New Brunswick startup that aims to make security cameras more effective, has completed its “MVP 2.0”, which is able to detect guns and quickly alert security teams to potential threats.

The software is able to recognize people and, more important, weapons. The photo above shows what a security camera, outfitted with EhEye’s system, would record. The green outlines indicate that the

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Itavio Gains Funds, Joins HearstLabs

Itavio, a startup that helps gaming companies increase revenues and retain customers, has received several hundred thousand dollars in funding, and is expanding its marketing efforts as it joins a New York accelerator.

The company – which has offices in Moncton, New York and Montreal – has issued two press releases this month, saying it’s taken on funding from the New Brunswick Innovation

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UNB Displays Electric Car Conversion

A team of New Brunswick students on April 5 will showcase a simple process to convert gas-guzzling vehicles to electric power -- a process that is the basis for their new startup. 

The engineering students at University of New Brunswick will park a demo car at the front entrance of the Fredericton Convention Centre as part of the fourth annual UNB Engineering Design Symposium.

The one-day event

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LifeRaft partners with PlanetRisk

LifeRaft, a Halifax Software-as-a-Service company that detects safety threats through social media, said Tuesday its technology will be integrated into the leading security product at PlanetRisk, a security and risk analytics firm in Virginia.

The cross-boarder partnership will combine LifeRaft’s open source intelligence analytics platform with PlanetRisk’s existing global security operations

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Mariners Are Kinduct’s 9th MLB Client

Halifax health-technology company Kinduct Technologies said Tuesday the Seattle Mariners have become the ninth Major League Baseball team to subscribe to the company’s athlete management system, or AMS.

With this new partnership, the Mariners will be able to obtain a deeper understanding of their players’ data resulting in intuitive decision-making within their organization, said Kinduct in a

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