Canadian Agri Tech Spurs Growth in Solutions for Food Insecurity, Environmental Sustainability
by Lee Rickwood
Based on successful testing, AgriTech North plans to ramp up manufacture of its patented greenhouses over the next three years.
Category: Gadgets
Can High-Tech Film Stop Billions of Bird Strikes – or is DIY the Route to Protect Migratory Birds?
A billion birds? The image is hard to process. Even more so a billion dead birds. But that’s what’s been counted on an annual basis in North America. Crashes into windows kill 16 to 42 million birds a year in…
Can AI Bring Hope? Using Technology to Detect Depression and Anxiety in Aging Adults
A group of Canadian health care specialists, researchers and technologists is using Wi-Fi-based motion sensor data to detect depression in older adults. The research, conducted at McGill University and the Mila-Quebec AI Institute, looked into how artificial intelligence can be…
eReaders That Do More, But Still Cut Out Distractions
By Christine Persaud
Premium eReaders go beyond just flipping pages—they enhance your reading experience with features like note-taking, journaling, audiobook support, and even light web browsing. These eReaders are a happy medium between a basic eReader and a full-fledged tablet
Young People Face Increased Risk as AI Dominates Data Landscape
by Lee Rickwood
Young users, aged 16 to 19, are the ones with the most to gain and the most to lose in the AI-driven future. Today’s young “digital natives” are constantly connected and they are constantly at risk.
Earth Day Options for Boosting Green Tech, Reducing E-Waste
As organizers of Earth Day prepare for this, the 55th anniversary of the global eco-friendly day of action and awareness, they urge us to remember that it’s every day, not just today, that the Earth needs a little care and…
You Do Need a Weatherman – To Measure Blood Sugar using Wearable Metasurface Technology Developed in Canada
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows” sang Bob Dylan in his iconic song, Subterranean Homesick Blues. * But one might help if you are diabetic. Perhaps “the sky has lost control” as Barbara Streisand…
Aging in the Digital Age: Canadian Technology Supports Growing Seniors Population
by Lee Rickwood
There’s little doubt the sophistication and capabilities of technology designed to support seniors is increasing on a daily basis through the efforts of companies like these, and many others.