by Lee Rickwood
We are called users, but in fact we are unpaid workers. The results of all our labour: giant pools of digital information about us that are bought and sold and analyzed and packaged in order to generate corporate profits, if not influence public attitudes.
The importance and impact of technology in the smart city will lead to a big brother-ish city of surveillance or a rewarding smorgasbord of urban independence and opportunity.
by Lee Rickwood
Think of a pilotless drone as part of the Internet of Things, automatically, remotely, independently capturing massive amounts of data from its unique vantage point high above the city, its people and its patterns.
by Lee Rickwood
Whether as chief data scientists or machine learning project leaders, women in Canada are using artificial intelligence tools and techniques to revolutionize the country’s mining industry.
by Lee Rickwood
Sophisticated data analysis capabilities can be used to improve rankings on search engine result pages.
by Lee Rickwood
No, hockey pucks will not glow — but they will have data sensors, microchips and GPS locators embedded inside them. So, too, the players’ shoulder pads. If only we can keep the clock out of baseball.
by Lee Rickwood
As more and more immigration applications are processed by artificial intelligence systems, the technology can predict who will be accepted as a successful applicant and why.
by Lee Rickwood
Among the criteria used to determine successful applicants to Canada’s Smart Cities Challenge, there were no requirements for data protection or a privacy impact assessment.