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Flybits is a MaRS Innovation spinoff company from Ryerson University. Flybits has developed an innovative, context-aware software as a service framework called FARE (Flybits Activity Recognition Engine). "Flybits CEO and Founder Hossein Rahnama was among the entrepreneurs of Ryerson University's Digital Media Zone to meet the Prince of Wales and demonstrate his cloud-based and context-aware software solution."

Dr. Hossein Rahnama who is known for his groundbreaking work in context-aware and cloud computing platforms has been recognized as part of MIT's Technology Review magazine's 2012 list of the world's top innovators under the age of 35. Dr. Hossein Rahnama founded Flybits, which is a spin-off of Ryerson University and is supported by Digital Media Zone and MaRS Innovation.

Dr. Hossein Rahnama, Research & Innovation Lead at Ryerson's Digital Media Zone, is a world authority on location-based context-aware mobile services.  MaRS Innovation  is in the process of working with Dr. Rahnama to spin out a company called Flybits.  Dr. Rahnama is interviewed on Metro Morning.