Canadian Agri Tech Spurs Growth in Solutions for Food Insecurity, Environmental Sustainability
by Lee Rickwood
Based on successful testing, AgriTech North plans to ramp up manufacture of its patented greenhouses over the next three years.
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Zoholics Conference Adds AI-Enhanced Business Tools for Customer Experience, Enterprise Browsing
by Lee Rickwood
At its recent user conference, Zoho unveiled new AI-enhanced capabilities in its customer experience platform, while introducing an enterprise-ready version of Ulaa, its privacy-focused browser.
Can High-Tech Film Stop Billions of Bird Strikes – or is DIY the Route to Protect Migratory Birds?
A billion birds? The image is hard to process. Even more so a billion dead birds. But that’s what’s been counted on an annual basis in North America: crashes into windows kill 16 to 42 million birds a year in…
Can AI Bring Hope? Using Technology to Detect Depression and Anxiety in Aging Adults
A group of Canadian health care specialists, researchers and technologists is using Wi-Fi-based motion sensor data to detect depression in older adults. The research, conducted at McGill University and the Mila-Quebec AI Institute, looked into how artificial intelligence can be…
Young People Face Increased Risk as AI Dominates Data Landscape
by Lee Rickwood
Young users, aged 16 to 19, are the ones with the most to gain and the most to lose in the AI-driven future. Today’s young “digital natives” are constantly connected and they are constantly at risk.
Earth Day Options for Boosting Green Tech, Reducing E-Waste
As organizers of Earth Day prepare for this, the 55th anniversary of the global eco-friendly day of action and awareness, they urge us to remember that it’s every day, not just today, that the Earth needs a little care and…
Magnificent Muqarnas Blend Science, Math, Art into Architecture Spanning Centuries
by Lee Rickwood
Visitors to the Aga Khan Park in Toronto can take a kind of smart walk – one that blends science, math and art – to see and learn more about a unique form of Islamic architecture known as muqarnas.
More Prompts Needed in Technology Laws as Fights Over Copyright, AI, and Artists’ Rights Rage
by Lee Rickwood
Legal fights are raging over AI’s role in creativity, copyright and other intellectual property-related issues.