Nanomedicine is a field that is growing and there will be an exponential growth in products. U of T scientists David Jaffray and Christine Allen are amongst those that are going through clinical trials. Allen and Jaffray's invention is being shephered to market by MaRS Innovation.

Blog regarding a Renewable Energy Seminar that took place at the MaRS Centre. The seminar discussed the major breakthroughs in recent solar panel efficiency advancements.

Brain-obsessed boomers map out new ways to navigate toward a brighter future. Cogniciti is a Toronto-based businessand was created in partnership between two non-profit organizations, Baycrest and MaRS Discovery District. This year, Cognicity will begin test marketing Memory@Work, a brain game grounded in 20 years of cognitive research and aimed at helping boomers stay in the workforce longer.

Vincent Cheung, owner of Shape Collage Inc., a software program has developed a software program that arranges hundreds of photos into custom shapes in seconds. This program is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux. The company website (shapecollage.com) boasts of more than eight million members. Shape Collage Inc is a MaRS Client.

Earl Miller from MaRS shares his thoughts on why young tech companies should treaty privacy as a key business issue.

Shawn Lesser of Sustainable World Capital scoured the world looking for leading cleantech economic development regions. MaRS Discovery District ranked 4th in a list of ten World Cleantech Clusters. MaRS is the largest cleantech deal-flow engine in Canada. Cluster success stories include: Morgan Solar, NIMTec, Hybrid Energy Technologies, and SkyMeter.

Kenneth M. Kambara blogs about the interesting lessons he learned from Robert Deluce, CEO of Porter Airlines, speaker at CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 event taken on February 17, 2010.

Global Heart Hour is a new grassroots global initiative to make a better world. This new concept was launched on Valentine's 2009 in Toronto. This year's event was held at the University of Toronto on Tuesday February 9th, 2010, with the theme "Think Haiti and Rethink the World.

Dr. Shaf Keshavjee of Toronto General Hospital has pioneered use of a mechanical lung and a system that keeps harvested lungs from deteriorating. Dr.Keshavjee has a lab at the MaRS Centre.

Skymeter has developed a GPS-enabled device that's in direct communication with a satellite orbiting the Earth. The GPS enables drivers to conveniently (and accurately) make good their bills for services such as parking, toll road use, and pay-as-you-go insurance.

On April 1, 2010, The Sustainability Leadership Exchange (SLX) will take place at the MaRS Discovery District. The SLX will bring Canadian business leaders, entrepreneurs, policy makers, and investors together to explore what sustainable business means in practice.

Canadians want to remain in their homes as they age, and that could mean a motherlode for entrepreneurs. According to Jane Barratt, secretary-general of the Toronto-based International Federation on Ageing, "aging is the largest growing business in the world." Peter Evans, an ICT Advisor for companies at Toronto Based MaRS agrees that the "opportunity is huge."

Concord, Ontario-based Blue-Zone Technologies has come up with a way for hospitals to safely dispose of anesthetics used during surgeries, while extending their potential lifecycle.

March 1st, MobileMonday Toronto will open the floor for prospective mobile entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to some of Canada's leading Venture Capital companies. The event is focused on raising capital for mobile ventures.The event will take place at the MaRS Centre.

Visitors to the Ontario Pavilion at the Vancouver Winter Olympics will be able to control live light shows on Toronto's CN Tower, the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, and Niagara Falls, using only their thoughts. BNN speaks to Trevor Coleman, COO, InterAxon."

InteraXon is a start-up that has developed the largest thought-controlled computer interface experiment in human history. MaRS Discovery District has been working with InteraXon to develop and market it's products.

The Canadian Patient Summit in Toronto will take place March 28 & 29, 2010. Location: March 28: Marriot (Yonge and Bloor) & March 20: MaRS (101 College Speak). At this event speakers will talk about their experiences in addressing the barriers to living well, as well as to present their ideas and recommendations about how to become engaged partners with healthcare stakeholders and government decision makers.

"Ontario's lucrative Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) program for renewable energy will mean the development of new and highly efficient energy technologies that will secure the Province's clean energy supply for generations. Tom Rand, head of the clean technology practice at MaRS Discovery District and co-organizer of the renewable energy financing conference held in Toronto last month, said that under the province's feed-in-tariff program, the investments are as safe as a 20-year government bond that pays 8 to 12 per cent per year, and guarantees quick connection to the grid.

Five architectural teams face the challenge of reinventing a site considered to be Toronto's birthplace. Adamson Associates Architects is on the short listed firms. Mention of Adamson being responsible for the restoration and renovation of the MaRS Centre at College and University. The project included the reformation of the College Wing of the historic Toronto General Hospital and stitching that into contemporary buildings and public atrium space.

The city of London announced Monday it will be lining its town with power-saving slabs during the Summer Olympics in 2012.