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Internet-connected eyeglasses and similar technologies will soon be on the market, but their benefits and dangers are little understood.

University of Toronto Engineering Professor Steve Mann hopes to change that at a groundbreaking conference at U of T in June 2013.

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A team of U of T Mississauga computer science students won first place — and a prize of $2,500 — at the 2013 Young Entrepreneurs Challenge (YEC), where students pitched business ideas to a panel of corporate executives, Dragons’ Den style.

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New work by University of Toronto Scarborough researchers gives the best description yet of the neural circuits that underlie a severe mental illness called borderline personality disorder (BPD), and could lead to better treatments and diagnosis.

The work shows that brain regions that process negative emotions (for example, anger and sadness) are overactive in people with BPD, while brain regions that would normally help damp down negative emotions are underactive.

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Are baby boomers aging with different health issues than previous generations? If so, what implications will this have for health and social services?

These are the key questions Professor Elizabeth Badley is addressing in a large population study with the help of her team at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

There is a general sense that boomers are different from previous generations, but no one is sure how health and other services need to change to adapt to those differences.

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Passwords are the bane of 21st century life. But Bionym, a Toronto-based tech start-up, promises to change that.

Founded by recent University of Toronto graduates Foteini Agrafioti and Karl Martin, the company develops biometric software. Its latest project may change the way we secure our digital information in the near-future.

The secret is a heartbeat away. Literally.