The ABCs of Baseball 2020: Adaptive Technology, Big Data, Cheating Scandals
by Lee Rickwood
Baseball’s back: adaptive technology can be used to tell a batter that a pitch is coming; scandalously, some have used technology to tell what pitch it is.
Category: Gadgets
Canada Walks and Talks Wearable Tech
by Lee Rickwood
Smart tech-enabled wearables can improve health care systems and hopefully outcomes, but the successful use of data collecting devices and AI-enabled analytics will depend on patient data protection, awareness and confidence.
Accessibility Tech: Creating a World without Barriers
by Lee Rickwood
Special hardware and software tools, collectively called assistive or accessibility technology, bring real value not just for the impacted individual but to the overall economy.
ViewSonic M1+ Presents Cool Projection Options
by Lee Rickwood
The ViewSonic ultra-portable M1+ is a pico projector option well worth looking at.
Holidays Gifts to Boost Online Privacy, Secure Personal Data
By Lee Rickwood
In many ways, it is an outrage that online safety and security has to be purchased at all: yes, our personal information is very valuable and well worth protecting, but there are those who say we should be paid when others make use of our digital data, not that we should pay to protect our data from them.
Reviewing the Huawei Band 3 Pro
By Ted Kritsonis
Huawei’s pedigree in Canada may be better known in the smartphone arena, but the company’s latest Band 3 Pro tries to make the same case.
New Wireless Technology in the Spotlight: Li-Fi Delivers Wi-Fi
by Lee Rickwood
Makers of a new broadband transmission technology want to deliver the Internet to you using light, not traditional radio waves.
Art and Technology and the Future Are on Display
by Lee Rickwood
It is surely art for our digital times: full of pop culture references, packed with familiar gadgets, sprinkled with the occasional four-letter word, Steyerl’s art describes our daily interactions with technology with great insight.