Videotron, Ericsson, show off Open Sky Lab

MONTREAL — It was a science fair atmosphere at the École de technologie supérieure on Wednesday as the Open Sky Laboratory for Smart Life showed off some of the progress it has made since it was formed last year.The project, an open-air smart-living lab, was set up as a partnership between ETS, Montreal’s Quartier de l’innovation, Videotron and Ericsson to give students and entrepreneurs a way to develop and test new technologies in a real-life environment.It’s still early in the process, so the developments are more incremental than revolutionary, but it takes both small and large steps to advance technologically,...