Shielding Market Worth Billions, But These Smartphones Still Emit the Most Radiation
by Lee Rickwood
Popular smartphones are on the list of the devices that emit the most – and the least – electromagnetic radiation.
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Digital Music Dilemma: Listening to Tunes is Easy for Us But Not the Environment
by Lee Rickwood
The transition towards streaming recorded music from Internet-connected devices has resulted in significantly higher carbon emissions than at any previous point in the history of music.
Have Your Say on Mobile Wireless Prices: Government Holds Cellphone Consultation
by Lee Rickwood
The CRTC’s mobile wireless consultation will address today’s market realities, but also it hopes to tackle those of tomorrow.
Social Media Giant Fails to Protect Canadian Privacy for Ten Years and Counting
by Lee Rickwood
Facebook reports it has made dramatic improvements to its social media platform to protect people’s personal information, but the federal privacy commissioner will go to court to force Facebook to correct its privacy practices.
Blowing Away Bad Indoor Air with Personal Purifiers
by Lee Rickwood
When putting a value on the air we breathe, there can be many decision-making factors to consider.
Music, Memory and MP3 Players: Therapy for Mental and Physical Health
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.
Canadian Co. Fights Climate Change with Cheaper Carbon Capture Tech
by Lee Rickwood
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.
Smart Cities: Mapping Current Technologies, Funding New Developments
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.