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.
While there’s always a chance to learn about cutting edge technologies at ideacity, the conference is also a place to connect with important ideas at the heart of our society, and new perspectives on the human condition.
by Lee Rickwood
The implication is that we do not have such a safe secure and stable ‘Net here now – and there’s plenty of news reports and tech studies that seem to support that conclusion.
By Lee Rickwood
Volunteer lobby groups are critical of the very make-up of investigative panels looking at possible Wi Fi health issues, much less the conclusions.
by Lee Rickwood
Doctors are seeing “digital dementia” in people whose technology does too much of their thinking for them.
by Lee Rickwood
Think Google Glass is cool? This new museum has ‘video glasses’ from Sony that are like 20 years old.
Smartwatches? Ha – we’ve been able to strap a TV on our arm for decades, and there’s a small device here to prove it!
by Lee Rickwood
Canadians no longer rely on one single platform for news and information, Postmedia says, with younger Canadians heavily favouring the smartphone.
by Lee Rickwood
Twenty years ago, a young student named Darrell May attended – and won – a Canada-Wide Science Fair.
Today, he holds 24 patents, with 23 patents pending, and plays an integral role in product development at BlackBerry as a Software Architect.
Who’s next?
by Lee Rickwood
Today, our awareness of online privacy and personal data protection issues are much greater, more worrisome, and fuelled by daily revelations about online spying, unwarranted surveillance and the loss of control of our digital identity.
by Lee Rickwood