They were rescued this time. That makes this particular story of how two men and their vehicle fell through the ice a happy one. Sadly, that’s not always the case. Long a hazard for the residents of Canada’s Far North,…
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.
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.
by Lee Rickwood
Robust testing and evaluation is one way to ensure the safe and secure implementation of advanced technologies like drones with artificial intelligence.
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…
by Lee Rickwood
New computational machines with human-like perception and the smarts to make sense of what they see will have an incredible impact on our life.
by Lee Rickwood
Large, sleek, silvery balloons overhead may soon bring Internet service to underserved locations around the world.
by Lee Rickwood
A Canadian high-tech startup released what’s called the world’s first publicly available photonic quantum cloud platform; it uses photons, or particles of light, to perform complex computations exceptionally fast.