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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dartmouth’s Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship is looking for bluetech startups to fill out a survey for its 2022 Ocean Enterprise stud. The deadline is 5:00 p.m. AST on July 7.

The report, which is published every two years, aims to

Dartmouth-based Meta Materials Inc., which specializes in producing synthetic materials for industrial applications, has announced a plan to raise US$50 million or about C$64 million by selling additional shares.

Meta’s stock, which trades on the