Tech-Enabled Smart Labels Help Fight Food Waste
by Lee Rickwood
New smart labels for food, other consumer products, even industrial processes, can be connected wirelessly to sources of power and contextual information.
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App Store Privacy Nutrition Labels Feed Our Security Awareness
by Lee Rickwood
By requiring and then presenting information about an app’s data collection activities, Apple is giving us tools to protect ourselves online.
Remote Working Applications Drive Growth for Canadian Entrepreneurs
By Yasmin Ranade
Entrepreneurs are seeking digital solutions that help them to thrive as largely virtual businesses these days, and to eliminate barriers for international work. One such business is Prioris.ai, an Ottawa-based consulting firm and international AI-lab, which builds predictive models for the life science industry.
Fun Ways to Celebrate Christmas With The Kids Using Tech at Home
By Christine Persaud
While Santa and his elves are all immune to coronavirus (thankfully, this has been confirmed by scientists!), most families will not be getting together with family or friends. It will just be parents and kids at home, enjoying a quiet Christmas in. Here are some creative ideas to make Christmas extra special this year for the kids.
Mobile App Tracks Ice Flows, Documents Climate Change, Preserves Indigenous Knowledge
They were rescued this time. That makes this particular story of how two men and their vehicle fell through the ice a happy one, but sadly, that’s not always the case. Long a hazard for the residents of Canada’s Far…
COVID Info Sites Target Youth, Young People with Social Media, Reliable Information
by Lee Rickwood
The need for effective countermeasures to fight the spread of the coronavirus, and for reliable information to fight our confusion, anxiety, or skepticism about COVID-19, is paramount.
Use Canadian App to Push Emergency Messages and Alert Notifications in Pandemic
by Lee Rickwood
As different jurisdictions adopt new criteria for determining restrictions on our activities — or to use that unfortunate term, lockdowns — the need for fast, reliable, clear, and consistent messaging is greater now than ever before.
The Social Dilemma: We Have Clear Warnings, We Need Real Solutions
Much of today’s technology is designed to deceive and manipulate us — not to protect us, our privacy or our property. Into our smartphones and our social media sites and our connected digital gadgetry, product designers have embedded certain techniques…