Calgary Tech Scene Rocks as Beakerhead Blends Science and Art, Space and Music
By Lee Rickwood
Beakerhead celebrates and fosters learning and collaboration between science, arts and technology in wonderful and sometimes weird ways.
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A Toast to Wireless Technology, New Smartphone Apps
By Lee Rickwood
Smart Spirits: ultra-premium vodka is being marketed in a new bottle with a customizable LED message band controlled by Bluetooth technology and a smartphone app.
The Gift that Keeps on Giving – ‘Smart’ IoT Technology Gives Hackers More Options
By Lee Rickwood
Products offered for our comfort and convenience, are actually pretty convenient for digital intruders, computer hackers and cyber criminals.
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.
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