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
At a dozen shopping malls across Canada, hidden inside digital information kiosks, were small cameras and other AVA-type technology. Apparently, hours and hours of video and hundreds of images were collected, an activity that regulators said contravened federal and provincial privacy laws.
by Lee Rickwood
The Supreme Court says an IP address, a seemingly random string of numbers, is directly connected to our deepest selves, to our ‘biographical core’.
by Lee Rickwood
Among the new features being added to the powerful driving app is getting your navigation directions narrated by a fun-loving panda bear: the martial artist known as Po, star of the Kung Fu Panda movie franchise.
by Lee Rickwood
How does your teenage son, daughter, niece, nephew, friend, or student navigate among all the information, mis-information, dis-information out there? Ask another teen, of course!
by Lee Rickwood
The deadline to submit entries to the 2024 Your Voice is Power student competition is May 31, 2024, and the winners will be selected in June.
by Lee Rickwood
Although it has yet been given a ‘human’ name by its developer parent, this new smart device has been given several ‘human’ capabilities.
by Lee Rickwood
By integrating digital and visual data, virtual tours are business tools, now used by insurance, restoration, engineering, design, construction and facilities management companies in all sizes and in many countries.
A Canadian orthopedic surgeon was the first in Canada to use mixed reality technology to enhance surgical precision for shoulder replacement patients.