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Co-Creation Stories: Start with People, Not the Problems

On the Connected Minds website, the word “co-creation” is seemingly everywhere. Connected Minds gives you a clear starting point for understanding co-creation, including...

Human-in-the-Loop Is Not a Technical Detail. It’s an Ethical Position

Artificial intelligence is usually discussed in terms of what it can do. How accurate is it? How fast? How much work can it take off our plates? But performance is only...

Exo-Sensory Augmentation: Designing Inclusive Wearable Solutions for Safer Work Environments

When physicians, nurses, and healthcare staff can no longer complete work due to workplace injury, patients inevitably face the consequences. “ healthcare system focuses...

Driving ethical innovation

Through Connected Minds Team Grants, Queen’s researchers are harnessing technology to support responsible innovation. With $318.4 million in combined support, Connected...

Decision Intelligence: The Data-Driven Future of Healthcare Resource Planning

It starts with a closed door. A rural emergency room shuts down without warning. It’s late. It’s snowing. The nearest hospital is hundreds of kilometers away and there’s...

Meta-Physical Theatre: Making Touch Real in Virtual Reality

Imagine if you could enter a play by putting on a virtual headset. Now imagine that the characters in the play are shaking your hand or giving you a hug, and that you can...

The Brain in Motion: Insights from Dr. Gunnar Blohm’s Interdisciplinary Lab

When was the last time you caught a ball, typed an email, or crossed the street? Did you think about this action, or was it simply something you did? These movements are...

Breaking the Silence: Sonja Bonar’s Quest to Decode Internal Speech

Imagine your thoughts—your needs, your questions, your feelings—held captive, with no reliable way to be heard. This is the daily reality for many individuals with...

Connected Minds Highlights @ Queen’s and Beyond: Two Years In

Connected Minds has just completed its second year of funding, marked by a highly successful annual retreat. As we enter Year 3 of the program, I would like to take a...