Technology
Engineering students create anxiety-management app
June 6, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate A team of SFU engineering science graduate students called the Viu Health Team have created a wearable device and a mobile app to help those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) live more fulfilling lives. The inspiration behind the technology Graduate students Chakaveh Ahmadizadeh, Jordan Lui, Neha Chhatre, Rana Sadeghi Chegani, and Zhen Xiao initially entered a Microsoft-hosted neurodiversity hackathon together, where they learned about the issues that ASD patients and their families faced. In an email interview with The Peak, the Viu Health Team wrote about their inspiration for the project: “Our first…
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SFU unveils new high-tech robotic chemical biology research lab
March 20, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate SFU has recently opened the new Centre for High Throughput Chemical Biology (cHTCB) facility. Bristling with high-tech automated equipment, the lab is the newest addition to the research facilities in the faculty of science and…
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SFU engineer tests technology for youth mental health, addiction recovery
July 3, 2017A Simon Fraser University neural engineer is getting noticed for her research combining engineering and psychiatry to improve youth mental health. Faranak Farzan is currently involved in two technology trials, one soon to be underway at Surrey Memorial Hospital testing…
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cLab research finds a new way to connect long-distance couples
February 27, 2017Long-distance relationships are about to become a lot more intimate, with the help of some new technologies coming out of SFU. Carman Neustaedter, associate professor with the School of Interactive Art and Technology (SIAT), has been working with several graduate…
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I support Apple’s decision to maintain user privacy
February 29, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he FBI and Apple Inc. have been locked in a heated legal dispute for the past several days over the iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook. The FBI wants to gather intel from Farook’s phone that could aid…
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New gene editing technology must proceed with caution
January 18, 2016[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s seems to happen regularly these days, scientific developments have turned science fiction into science fact. It is now feasible for humans to ‘edit’ their genes, perhaps much like I, a writer, am editing this article and ensuring every aspect…
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HUMOUR: Tech-challenged SFU professors to take mandatory workshop this spring semester
September 28, 2015There are many whimsical constants in the academic microcosm that is SFU; little idiosyncrasies which help make our engaged university the scholastic paradise we have all come to love. Whether it is the watered-down Starbucks coffee atop Burnaby Mountain or…
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Emojis that iPhone users are sick of not having
May 19, 2015[caption id="attachment_2583" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo courtesy of Mic[/caption] It’s been a little over a month since Apple unleashed their latest wave of emojis — just enough time for people to forget about the good and return to complaining about the…
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Inspired by Rosa Parks, student with laptop refuses to move to back of lecture hall
November 10, 2014An SFU student took a dramatic stand Tuesday afternoon in favour of what she describes as her “inalienable right to make everyone behind her watch her browse Etsy.” Despite being asked several times by her professor to move, in accordance…
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Apple’s new watch gets a little too personal
September 29, 2014It’s easy to be disappointed by the announcement of Apple’s latest ‘game-changer.’ The Apple Watch, slated to be released in early 2015, has been described by Tim Cook as “the next chapter in Apple’s story,” but consumers are hesitant. Apple’s…
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