Halifax’s MARS VR Lab, which is developing a virtual reality hardware and software suite that gamifies the process of teaching children how to operate motorized wheelchairs, has joined the council that will set industry standards for the metaverse.

Founded last month, The Metaverse Standards Forum is meant to serve as an international working group setting technical standards for the

The University of New Brunswick is looking to double the number of students in its Faculty of Computer Science by 2026, spurred partly by the information technology labour shortage and partly by its goal of improving tech sector opportunities for minority groups.

Dean Luigi Benedicenti said in an interview that to support an expanded student body, the computer science faculty plans to also

Nova Scotia life sciences industry group BioNova is looking for startups to compete in its twelfth annual BioInnovation Challenge pitch competition, or BIC, to be held in-person this year after temporarily going virtual.

The region's premier life sciences pitching event will feature a first prize worth $55,000, made up of funding and in-kind services.

“With recent reports indicating trends in

Halifax’s vLife, an online advertising platform for local businesses, has seen its customer count nearly double during the pandemic, thanks partly to a deal with the Halifax Partnership.

VLife Chief Executive Melanie Little said in an interview that feedback from businesses using vLife has been positive, and with the success of the Halifax Partnership project, she hopes to sign similar

There are just three days left to apply for the second annual cohort of ocean-focused startups in the StartBlue accelerator, being offered in Southern California.  

StartBlue is a bluetech accelerator led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Rady School of Management at UC San Diego. It helps teams that are developing a new business around a science and engineering solution to an ocean

Oceantech startups are invited to apply to the Gulf Blue Navigator, a new accelerator recently launched by SeaAhead and the University of Southern Mississippi Research Foundation. 

The Gulf Blue Navigator is for global post-pilot companies seeking to benefit from direct access to the Gulf of Mexico, organizers said in a statement.  Participants will have the opportunity for testing, validation,

Resson, the Fredericton developer of technology that offers artificial intelligence-based advice to farmers about how to care for their crops, has sold a slate of its intellectual property to prior investor McCain Foods.

Resson CEO Mike Morris said in an interview that the main purpose of the deal is to allow the company to concentrate its research and development, as well as commercialization

A trio of Nova Scotia doctors and a former biotech executive are aiming to improve the efficiency of the healthcare system via an online platform for consultations with specialist physicians.

Doctors Luke Napier, Daniel Rasic and Jacob Cookey started Virtual Hallway in 2019 because they were struggling to schedule and document the phone consults they were performing. Former Covina Biomedical

Saint John-based Elandas, which sells software that allows doctors to easily check whether a drug is covered by their patient’s insurance, has bought Pennsylvania’s AccessSync.

Elandas CEO Ryan Roberts said in an interview that his company will also adopt the AccessSync name because it better evokes the business’s value proposition.

His company’s suite of SaaS software for the United States

Health product-maker Nature’s Way Canada will partner with Wentworth, N.S.-based cannabis producer Breathing Green Solutions to launch a new supplement containing Omega 3 oil and CBD oil.

Dubbed Briight CBD, the product is the result of Nature’s Way receiving Health Canada approval to open a cannabis research lab. The gel capsules, which include one part CBD oil to 10 parts Omega 3 oil, will be