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
Health and well-being gains are being realized through music therapy and the use of MP3 players, but there’s obviously a problem with putting headphones on a person with dementia and leaving them alone.
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Our attempts to reduce carbon output are not working, leaving us to see absorption of the CO2 we have already emitted as the next best choice.
The importance and impact of technology in the smart city will lead to a big brother-ish city of surveillance or a rewarding smorgasbord of urban independence and opportunity.
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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.
by Lee Rickwood
We need more and more tools to keep our information safe in an environment that was supposed to make information open, available and accessible.