Calgary Tech Scene Rocks as Beakerhead Blends Science and Art, Space and Music
By Lee Rickwood
Beakerhead celebrates and fosters learning and collaboration between science, arts and technology in wonderful and sometimes weird ways.
Tag: Canadian Innovation
Canadians Should Take Some Direction – Mobile Apps Point to Nearest Gallery or Museum
by Lee Rickwood
On the list of Ontario museum and gallery destinations, for example, are places of special interest to techno-enthusiasts, such as the Computer Museum, and the Museum of Television.
ideacity Strikes a Human Chord at 15th Annual Conference
by Lee Rickwood
ideacity presentations are not structured in a formal sense, but certain common threads often connect one speaker with the next – watch out, you’ll get caught!
By Lee Rickwood
Forget Google’s Glasses – Try Space Glasses, from Canadian Inventor Steve Mann, the Father of Augmented Reality
It’s one of the most unnerving tech experiences any audience could ever have: we’re watching a noted lecturer; he’s wearing strange high-tech glasses. They’re connected to a huge video screen, on which the audience sees what he sees: an image…
Needed Now More than Ever, Canadian Innovation Collects Top Technology Design Award
No one wants to use this innovative award-winning device, but the need for a Drop Pod in emergency situations and natural disasters cannot be avoided.
By Lee Rickwood
Canadian Digital Entrepreneur Sees Both Sides of Male-Female Workplace Dynamic
by Lee Rickwood
When the time came to balance personal life and raising a family, against professional opportunities and a successful career in progress, she had no regrets over choosing family first.
By Lee Rickwood
Augmented Reality Sees Canadian Thanksgiving Differently – Media and Education, Too
Almost counter-intuitively, it seems that reality can make the best use of augmented reality – non-fiction comes alive in a more meaningful way than make believe.
by Lee Rickwood
CanCon Helps Mobile Apps, Social Networks Get ‘NORML-ized’ in Anti-Prohibition Battle
Digital media devices and social networking tools are being used in support of on-going efforts to replace what are called failed cannabis prohibition laws.
by Lee Rickwood