Innovation & Technology Committee Meeting – October

Come out and meet some of the amazing startups that call The Forge Downtown home!  Our guests will be:

QReserve – QReserve is an online platform for discovering and cataloging research equipment, resources and services. We enable researchers and students to find and access the tools they need within their own campus or across the globe. QReserve Inc. was established in 2014 as a spin-out company of the Biointerfaces Institute at McMaster University.

Hangry – Have you ever been so hungry that you start to get a little angry? That is what we call being Hangry. We get it – you just want it now. We exist because we understand what ‘wanting it now’ means. We strive towards building sophisticated technology with seamless design that is simple to use and brings convenience to your fingertips. Hangry is a mobile application that allows you to pre-order and pre-pay for meals everywhere on campus.

Nefarious Dimensions – Nefarious Dimensions is an independent game developer, formed in 2014 in Burlington, Ontario, developers from EA, Sony, Crytek, that worked on Crysis, TRON, NHL to name a few. They will be launching Planetary Prospectors: ARM, the survival, exploration, space mining game onto Steam Early Access this summer. ND’s main focus to make FUN and innovative simulated experiences using  HMD and AR integrated with Virtual Reality. Our games are meant to offer challenge to the player, while providing fun and engaging gameplay experiences, while focusing on emotional responses. Our goal is to bring community members aboard as crew members and be part of the creation process. We help shape the community driven exploration, space mining, survival horror, flightsim mixed with RPG adventure elements. Coming this summer to Steam Early Access.

Bruha – Brüha is the new platform connecting you to the local events and venues in your area.  Whether you are a tourist or a local resident, Brüha offers a fast and easy way to find out what’s going on in any town, city or region.  The home screen loads a map-interface highlighting events and venues as they are geographically located. Creating a Brüha account is free, and customers are able to personalize their Brüha experience by saving pre-set content filters and seeing event content based on previous interests. Customers create their own event and venue content at no cost, and as such, Brüha is a marketing gateway for local artists and promoters to connect with any demographic.

Virtual Possibilities – Virtual Possibilities has developed a patented, prototyped medical device for minimally invasive surgery. Comparable to the classic board game Operation, LaparoGuard tracks and records the delicate movements of laparoscopic tools during surgery, alerting medical teams when instruments approach the boundaries of an established safe zone. The overall effect is to reduce and prevent instrument and tissue collisions that cause injury during surgery.