Every Year Thousands of newborns and young children die from gastro intestinal illnesses, primarily in developing countries. Some of these deaths are due to bacterial illnesses that cause diarrhea. Antibiogram tests are performed to determine which bacterium is causing the diarrhea so that an appropriate antibiotic can be used against it. Antibiogram tests are traditionally […]
PART Helps a Local Longboard Company
Longboarding is an extreme sport that requires equipment tough enough to stand up to the demands placed on it. Based in North Vancouver, Rayne Longboards is the market leader for performance longboards. They currently produce a diverse lineup of 11 bamboo composite products ranging from casual campus cruising boards, GS carving boards to ultra-light composite […]
Sensors Improve Player Performance
Blur Sports, a sports innovation company, wants to help hockey players be their best through the measurement and analysis of the performance of their skating, with a new cutting edge technical data analysis system. Blur came to BCIT to develop a functional prototype of this system for further testing of their concept. This analysis system […]
BCIT researchers win Excellence in BC Health Care Award
For years, MAKE+ has been on the cutting edge when it comes down to developing medical devices. On June 25, they were recognized for it. The BCIT MAKE+ team was instrumental in helping the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) team win the Workplace Health Innovation (Award of Merit) at the 2012 Excellence in BC Health Care […]