That’s Sick Glass Dude (and that’s Not Good): Antimicrobial Touchscreens Come to Market
By Lee Rickwood
That digital device and smartphone touchscreens can be a source of disease transmission is not a subject of debate.
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Hacking Anything: Internet of Things Shows Need for Learning, New Security Priorities
By Lee Rickwood
New connected technologies and products contribute to the growth and evolution of the Internet of Things.
High-Tech Companies, Digital Entrepreneurs Fight Canada’s Bill C-51
Several business leaders have signed a letter saying the anti-terrorism bill is actually anti-business, and that it will “undermine international trust in Canada’s technology sector”, and stifle the kinds of business the signatories’ technology companies can generate.
by Lee Rickwood
Social Media Leaves a Ripple, Good Deeds Make an Impact, Technology Lends a Hand
By Lee Rickwood
A new global social media art project launches today, August 1, 2015, and a unique new music video has been tossed to the Web to herald the #RippleEffect
Awareness Campaign Needed on Cellphone Use, Wi-Fi Radiation Risks amid Conflicting Government Reports
By Lee Rickwood
A government committee is calling for “an awareness campaign relating to the safe use of wireless technologies, such as cellphones and Wi-Fi, in key environments such as the school and the home” and “reducing risks related to radiofrequency exposure.”
by Lee Rickwood
Full-Colour HD Videos from Space are Part of ‘UrtheCast-ing’ and the Democratization of Earth Observation
Opening up this new space imaging API to the digital application development community could help monitor and protect the planet, even feed its people.
by Lee Rickwood
Creative Brainstorming for Business, Education Boosted by New Canadian Cloud-based Application Ideation
Like “blue sky-ing” in a meeting, ideation should not be limited by conventional notions of what is practical or feasible; likewise, tools that supporting ideation should not be impractical or difficult to use.
by Lee Rickwood
Microsoft Reports on Media and Technology Impacts on Human Attention Span
by Lee Rickwood
Of course, you may have been distracted, and so you missed the story. It seems that is part of the problem.