New products showcased at Sunnybrook Research Institute and Canadian Film Centre
July 8, 2014 – Toronto, Ontario – Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario)
Minister of State Gary Goodyear and Don Valley West MP John Carmichael were in Toronto today to celebrate the success of two FedDev Ontario funded projects that strengthen local clusters in medical imaging and digital entertainment.
They visited the Sunnybrook Research Institute to celebrate image-guided therapy technologies that are medical firsts not only in southern Ontario and Canada, but around the world. This includes a focused ultrasound technique that aims to alleviate pain in cancer patients, developed in partnership with Harmonic Medical, and catheter technology that allows clinicians to see heart and vessel structures in three dimensions, developed in partnership with Toronto-based Colibri Technologies.
Minister Goodyear and MP Carmichael also visited the Canadian Film Centre to celebrate the achievements of programming to further develop the digital entertainment cluster in southern Ontario. One of the programs, ideaBOOST, provides Canadian entrepreneurs with the budget, tools, training and mentorship needed to bring their innovative products to market. A number of products developed through ideaBOOST were showcased today, including the Bublcam, a sphere-shaped, 360 degree digital video camera, by Toronto-based Bubl Technologies.
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