Academics turn to ‘crowdfunding’ to get research projects off the ground

    Crowdsourcing is winning supporters as a financial incubator for early-stage research, university fundraising and getting ideas to market. Will Walmsley expected to be backpacking around the world after graduating last September with a master’s degree in applied science from the University of Toronto. Instead, he’s CEO and lead designer of Whirlscape Inc., a company [...]