Building Civic Tech to Deliver Better Public Services in Canada
by Lee Rickwood
Technological transformation in the public service is part of a trend toward designing and developing technology for the common good.
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Digital Technology: Promise or Peril? The Great Debate Rages at ideacity
by Lee Rickwood
It is our collective responsibility to evaluate not just ourselves, but also our technologies. We must determine what the external costs of our current or future lifestyle will be.
Facial Recognition Use Growing: Accurate or Not, Hackable or Not
by Lee Rickwood
Leading facial recognition tools, used for identification, authentication and crime detection among other applications, are being developed here in Canada. So, too, ways to spoof or hack such systems.
Touchscreens, Walls, Skin Surfaces – New Interfaces for Human Computer Interaction
by Lee Rickwood
Wherever human-computer interaction takes place, researchers and product specialists want to determine just how efficient or economical that contact is.
A Tech Gift for Every Mom on Your List
By Christine Persaud
Whether she’s a fashionista, a world traveler, a TV nut, loves to cook, or works out, here are some great tech gift ideas for every mom on your list.
Valentine’s Day tech gifts for him
By Gadjo Sevilla
Finding the right tech gifts for guys on Valentine’s Day can be a huge challenge since men tend to already buy and invest on the devices and gadgets that they like or want.
Protect Your Online Reputation with Search Engine Take-downs, Privacy Commissioner Says
by Lee Rickwood
The type of information someone might want to be de-indexed or taken down is well, rather broad: from social ratings sites and revenge porn postings to arrest citations and mugshots to nasty reports about our teachers or our shopping experiences by disgruntled consumers or students.
First Aid Training, Emergency Response Awareness Built into New Virtual Reality App
by Lee Rickwood
The Mass Casualty 360 Video/VR simulation recreates a first responder’s initial walk-through and assessment of a major disaster or injury event,