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CBC News Vancouver: Students create robotic skin

With a background in printing technology and engineering, Globalink intern Roshan Mishra is helping to develop a first-of-its-kind soft, artificial skin that can sense touch and pressure and even detect when something — such as a finger — is approaching. The team’s ultimate goal is to take the discovery from the lab to mass production […]

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News Release
Internship programs help spark innovation for students, industry

Burnaby, BC—Students throughout the province are benefiting from a provincial investment of $10 million in internship programs that connect budding researchers with industry partners to solve real-world problems. “Research internship programs are giving our students and researchers the skills, knowledge and experience they need to advance our knowledge-based economy and build the best B.C.,” said […]

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