Holiday Shoppers Head Indoors, Driving Up In-Store Shopping Trends
by Lee Rickwood
Bricks-and-mortar is making a comeback as the retail landscape continues to change and shoppers choose the in-store experience over online alternatives.
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New Security and Surveillance Technology Analyzes Individual Footsteps to Verify Identity
by Lee Rickwood
The way we walk is very unique, difficult to imitate or conceal, and therefore useful in verifying identity.
Anything for Fame: Bloggers, Creators and Extremely Online Influencers in the Spotlight
by Lee Rickwood
Two new documentary films and a national bestselling book look at the rise of online influencers and the creator economy, while also presenting poignant, sometimes painful, profiles of its founders, failures, and trailblazers.
Harvesting Food, Cultivating Data: Farming with AI and Advanced Technology
by Lee Rickwood
Advanced technology and AI can stretch the short growing season and reduce the need for fresh produce to be brought in from warmer-climate countries during the winter.
Computers Running Artificial Intelligence Need Water, Clear Air, Comfortable Climate to Survive
by Lee Rickwood
Artificial intelligence needs water – lots of it – fresh air and a comfortable climate to survive.
Love, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence Grow in a Multimedia Garden
by Lee Rickwood
The exhibit lies between technology and history; between the visual, aural and olifactory; between a tangible, physical experience and an imagined, creative dream world.
Digital Twins Getting Smarter All the Time: First Data, Then Buildings, Then Cities
by Lee Rickwood
Data has a smarter sibling, and the use of a “digital twin” can power up smart buildings and smarter cities.
Don’t Blame Hedy: Cellphone Tracking is Built into Telecom Infrastructure
by Lee Rickwood
Hedy Lamarr holds a U.S. patent for a way to keep telecommunications signals safe and secure in what she called “a secret communications system”. But Canadian researchers say security holes today exist in the very fabric of our cellular networks.