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Vancouver-based Metaspectral has announced that a team created by the company has reached the semi-finals of the XPRIZE Wildfire competition. Eight other Canadian entries failed to make the cut. The XPRIZE Wildfire competition is a four year, multi-track, $11 million USD competition focused on developing technologies that can mitigate wildfires. According to XPRIZE, it is intended to “transform current wildfire management approaches through the development of …

Canadian Robotics draw a devoted audience. Even though Toronto’s schools, roads, highways and subways were shut down due to intense blizzard conditions on January 28th, a varied crowd of technological experts, enthusiasts, and students still came together at Ryerson University’s DMZ collaboration space.