About Lee Rickwood
Lee Rickwood covers developments in media and technology with particular interest in how such developments affect our social, political and economic activities and interactions.
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AGE-WELL aims not only to get products to market that are practical and useful, but also to ensure that privacy, ethical and regulatory issues are not ignored along the way.
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It’s clear that our cities need an upgrade; Time for version 2.0! Equity, accessibility, health, safety, and security are smart new features we could all use.
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Well-planned and well-delivered online learning experiences are meaningfully different from courses offered online in response to a crisis or disaster.
Work from home is the new normal for many employees, but having so many employees out of reach and out of sight is not sitting well with some employers. Those who can are working from home these days to help…
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Thanks to the nurturing soils of a local tech incubator, a Canadian tech start-up is using advanced drone technology to fight climate change by planting trees – millions and millions of them.
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One of the first audio/video transmissions was 1927. Yet even with the age of the idea and years of implementation, some videoconferencing systems may have come to the market too quickly.
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Risks from the killer disease known as COVID-19 are keeping most of us at home, increasingly tied to our computers and mobile devices as the main or only source of connectivity. But that only makes our connected gadgets more vulnerable to their own infectious viruses.
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Interactive 3-D virtual tours and VR experiences let you visit your favourite art gallery or museum from the comfort — and safety — of your own home.