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.
by Lee Rickwood
The image of a cellphone cage outside every classroom is one of the ramifications of banning their use inside, if not a terribly ironic reflection of the world around us.
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We’re learning very quickly about the value of information in the digital age: we don’t have to hide our data, we need to control it!
by Lee Rickwood
Think of a pilotless drone as part of the Internet of Things, automatically, remotely, independently capturing massive amounts of data from its unique vantage point high above the city, its people and its patterns.
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Whether as chief data scientists or machine learning project leaders, women in Canada are using artificial intelligence tools and techniques to revolutionize the country’s mining industry.
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We need more and more tools to keep our information safe in an environment that was supposed to make information open, available and accessible.
by Lee Rickwood
Sophisticated data analysis capabilities can be used to improve rankings on search engine result pages.
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No, hockey pucks will not glow — but they will have data sensors, microchips and GPS locators embedded inside them. So, too, the players’ shoulder pads. If only we can keep the clock out of baseball.
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As more and more immigration applications are processed by artificial intelligence systems, the technology can predict who will be accepted as a successful applicant and why.