Looking for something to do tonight? Come to Markham and see Flybits‘ technology in action.
Starting Friday, July 12 and running until July 14, Flybits Zones have been created for visitors to experience at the TD Night It Up! event in Markham.
The Flybits mobile user interface presents relevant information from surrounding geo-fences (zones).
Night It Up! is a outdoor night market styled in the vein of night markets from Taiwan and Hong Kong and many others from across Asia.
As a community partner for the Night It Up! event, Flybits team members will be on hand to interact with visitors and demonstrate the technology.
MaRS Innovation to act as commercialization agent for York’s life sciences and technology discoveries, leveraging new potential for York’s existing $70 million in research initiatives
TORONTO, May 9, 2011 – York University has become the latest member of MaRS Innovation, the commercialization agent for many leading Toronto-based universities, hospitals and research institutes.
Stan Shapson, Vice-President Research & Innovation, York University
“York has become one of Canada’s fastest-growing centres for research and innovation,” said Stan Shapson, vice-president Research & Innovation at York University. “We typically get 10 to 20 discovery disclosures a year. Joining MaRS Innovation allows us to deliver the most competitive commercialization services to the researchers making these discoveries. We’re confident that membership in MaRS Innovation will boost that number and accelerate the commercialization of York’s most promising research.”
Earlier this year, York University launched its Innovation York office. Based in York Region, Innovation York works with other partner organizations in the Markham Convergence Centre to build upon research partnerships between York researchers and life science and technology companies based in York Region and the Greater Toronto Area. It’s also making York’s research and infrastructure more accessible to industry, government agencies and community partners.
Looking for something to do tonight? Come to Markham and see Flybits‘ technology in action.
