EngSci students are behind two exciting startups that were incubated in the U of T Engineering’s Entrepreneurship Hatchery.
PheedLoop is a new user-friendly platform that allows presenters to get live, anonymous feedback from audiences. Rahul Goel and Phil Isaac (both 1T6) got the idea in class, where student presentations were usually evaluated only by a professor or teaching staff, even though many students were also in the room. Their platform takes advantage of the whole audience by making it easy for everyone to give constructive feedback. It’s a great tool for helping students, or even experienced presenters, to improve their skills. Goel and Isaac have turned their innovation into full-time jobs, now that they have graduated. Pheedloop has been used in conferences around the world and the team is adding new functions, such as live polling. Read more about where PheedLoop is heading.
Harris Chan, Fiona Gan, Annie Mao and Sherry Shi (all EngSci 1T5 + PEY) are helping physiotherapy patients get better results from their therapy with their new app called PhysioPhriend. The app uses a smartphone’s sensors to track a patient’s progress in range of movement and allows therapists to access the data and send messages. Read more about their plans for PhysioPhriend.
