APS1041H: Inventrepreneurship (Invention and Entrepreneurship)

This course is designed to 1) provide instruction and mentorship to students interested in the art and science of both invention and entrepreneurship and to 2) introduce Inventrepreneurship as a new field of teaching and academic inquiry. Course lectures and instructables will be rehearsed, recorded and made available online for select students around the world. The main course deliverable will be a demonstration-ready prototype and patent application for an invention in the field of Phenomenological Augmented Reality/Wearable Computing/Humanistic Intelligence. It is expected that many students will go on to form startup ventures around their prototype, which will receive ongoing guidance and support. Guest lecturers and mentors include Founders, CEOs, and CTOs from venture-capital backed companies in the U.S., Canada, and China, many of which were born in Professor Mann's Toronto lab, as well as connections with Mannlab Silicon Valley and Mannlab Shenzhen.

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