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Technology

Future Tech Gadgets to be Showcased at McMaster

HAMILTON - A wheelchair driven by head movement. Another that can follow a nurse or doctor. Touchless computing. A home energy monitoring system that finds the lowest hydro rates. A fridge management system that texts you when you need to buy more milk.

These are just a few of the 40 inventions that will be demonstrated by 134 fourth-year electrical and computing students at McMaster University on Tuesday, April 5 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The event is being held in the McMaster University Student Centre, CIBC Hall, 3rd Floor. Everyone is welcome. Admission is free.

The annual presentation of final-year projects, sponsored by RIM, GE, Sigma, and Texas Instruments, is a chance for the community to get an advanced look at the technology devices that they may be using in the not-too-distant future, and to meet their young inventors.

Inventions have been developed for such fields as health and medicine, renewable energy, the environment, entertainment, communications, robotics, and more.

To preview videos and photos of a few of the inventions, visit: