Last year we wrote about how Cortex client AceAge was selected for Amazon’s inaugural Alexa Accelerator Cohort. Now, we’re proud to announce that AceAge has secured Series A funding!  AceAge’s flagship product, Karie, is a medication dispenser and personal health companion with huge possibilities for care inside the home and institutional settings. Karie uses preorganized…

As the healthcare sector emerges from the pandemic, providers and their medtech manufacturers face a much-changed economic, commercial, and competitive landscape. But one thing remains true – the decision to invest in cutting-edge tools isn’t merely a choice; it’s the cornerstone of successful medtech manufacturing. In this article, we delve into the transformative power of…

In 2015 the Voltera V-One team became the first Canadian winner of the international James Dyson Award, a prestigious engineering design competition judged by the British inventor.

Spark — creator of the Spark Award — is first and foremost a community of designers and creative people, bound together by the idea that Design can make significant, positive changes in the world and help make it better. The way we promote this Good Design is through the annual organization of international design competitions,…