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Innovative Apps

May 17, 2019 - The Torch

Some UVic-made apps save lives, some save time—and others enhance our leisure hours. Here are just a few of the notable apps made on campus or by members of the UVic community.

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Dynamic duo

June 26, 2018 - The Torch

Two former UVic students, Patrick McFadden and Kyle Hagen, independently co-founded Iris Dynamics and launched a Kickstarter campaign in 2013 to develop this unique human-machine interface. Now, five years later, they have a bustling office on Quadra Street and a growing number of projects and partners. They have seven employees, two of whom are UVic students pursuing engineering degrees.

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Better health through science

June 22, 2018 - The Torch

Elizabeth Borycki was interested in health informatics long before the science had a name. Now she teaches, researches, consults and publishes on the science of designing, developing and managing digitized health systems, technologies and data. A professor with UVic's School of Health Information Science, she's recognized around the world as a leading health informatics researcher, scholar and innovator.

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