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New window on a small world

New window on a small world
A company creates a sample holder for microscopes and expands its market.
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5/29/2013 9:23:00 AM
Giant possibilities for diabetics

Giant possibilities for diabetics
Detecting the loss of sensation in the foot helps diabetic patients prevent injury.
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6/12/2013 1:39:00 PM
Turning sludge into green gold

Turning sludge into green gold
Turning lemons into lemonade is nothing compared to the magic performed by Alberta's pulp mills.
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8/29/2007 10:30:00 AM
Magic beans brought to Haiti

Dr. Capo-chichi and the Magic Beans
The story of how 'magic beans' were brought to Haiti is no fairy tale.
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1/4/2013 2:40:00 PM
Wildlife Monitoring

Experimental Wildlife Monitoring Protocol.
A novel research and monitoring technique to snag hair for DNA analysis and collect images by remote cameras.
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5/1/2013 11:44:00 AM
What's going on at Alberta Innovates

Tool for Monitoring Energy Consumption

Immediately relevant research supporting responsible resource management -- that's what iCORE Industry Chair, Power Quality, Dr. Wilson Xu and his team at the U of A are working on. Xu has developed Enertracker, a tool giving homeowners real-time data on the energy their appliances use. With this data, awareness, understanding and greater control over energy choices and options is possible. Through Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, ideas become innovations... and innovations become high value products and services with economic impact.

 

Alberta - Finland Innovation and Commercialization Program: Companies are invited to apply for funding

Technology Futures is opening the second call for proposals for the Alberta - Finland Innovation and Commercialization Program.

The $2 million program will allow small to medium-sized Alberta enterprises to partner with Finland companies in the following areas:

  • Clean Technologies
  • Advanced Materials
  • Instrumentation/Sensors
  • Health
  • Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

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Calling all young innovators! Get your geek on with geekStarter!

geekStarter is helping the next generation achieve breakthroughs in research and innovation! Interested student teams apply to receive both funding and access to geekStarter events. geekStarter supports teams of Alberta students in Nanotechnology, Information and Communications Technology and Omics (Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Transcriptomics and Regulomics) -based competitions, including the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM), Microsoft Imagine Cup, and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM-ICPC) Contests. Grants are competitive. Read more.

 

 


About Alberta Innovates

Alberta Innovates functions as a globally competitive research and innovation system. Within the system government, industry and academia interact to develop solutions to global challenges and use knowledge for the growth and diversification of Alberta’s economy.  Alberta Innovates operates as an integrated system aligned with the strategies and priorities of Government of Alberta line departments.

Four corporations make up the Alberta Innovates family:

Bio Solutions supports research and innovation growing prosperity in Alberta's agriculture, food and forestry sectors.

Health Solutions supports research efforts to further our understanding of health and disease, and to produce results that will make a difference to the health, economy and societal wellbeing of Albertans and people around the world.

Energy and Environment Solutions supports energy and environmental research and innovation in Alberta and is working to develop solutions for the biggest challenges facing these sectors.

Technology Futures supports research and innovation activities directed at the growth and development of technology-based sectors, the commercialization of technology, the provision of business and technical services, and initiatives that encourage a strong science, technology and entrepreneurial culture in Alberta. 

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     Want to find out more about the 
Alberta Innovates system?
                  Alberta Innovates Connector is a free, personalized service that connects you to the resources, organizations and people that make up Alberta's vibrant and diverse research and innovation system. Read more.
   
    Access other Alberta government information about services and regulations that affect your business.

  


News & Events

June 19, 2013
Alberta is a new go-to province for manufacturers looking to access specialized equipment and know-how to get their ideas off the ground, according to a panel of experts. Read more.

AccelerateAB
Tech Futures is a sponsor of this networking and learning opportunity for the tech community in Calgary July 10-11, 2013. Read more.

nanoConnect
Be inspired by our speakers. Meet your future business partners. In Edmonton October 22, 2013. Read more.

May 3, 2013
Energy mapping project for Industrial Heartland. Read more.


Highlighting Success

New device makes pipe monitoring faster than ever
The QuatBox acts like a "lab on a tailgate", allowing workers to stay in the field to monitor corrosion inhibitor levels.

Compact reactor for converting used cooking oil to biodiesel
With support from Tech Futures, SAIT Polytechnic has designed and built a biodiesel reactor that is converting used cooking oil generated from its restaurants and cooking classrooms into biodiesel.

From concept to commercialization
The Tech Futures Engineered Composite Products team brought their technologies, expertise and experience to the Chinese market with amazing results.

Ultra-high capacity load-frame to test large diameter pipelines
With a force equal to the weight of 20 jumbo jets, C-FER is testing large diameter pipe specimens.

An inventory of stories is available via our Success Stories page.