Cheaper Telecom Service from Cellphone Towers in Space
by Lee Rickwood
A small Canadian tech startup company says it plans to offer cheaper telecom service using satellites not much bigger than a breadbox.
Tag: IoT
State of Smart Speakers in Canada
By Gadjo Sevilla
Every major technology company has invested in a smart assistant. Apple has the venerable yet hobbled Siri assistant, Google has Assistant, Microsoft has Cortana and Amazon dominates the US with its Alexa assistant running off Amazon Echo devices.
Gift Guide – Smart Home and IoT products and services
Here are some of the gift-worthy smart home gadgets and accessories that have caught my eye this year.
Forget Facebook, Instagram and Twitter – Check Out the Social Networks on the Wood Wide Web
by Lee Rickwood
It’s the original IoT – Trees use electrical impulses to transmit valuable information and resources among and between individual members along an interconnect forest network.
Privacy Gets a Workout from Wearable Devices, Health and Fitness Apps
by Lee Rickwood
New devices will evaluate your sweat with electric signals that measure and detect things like glucose, lactate, sodium and potassium levels, and the capabilities are but a short step away from tracking a user’s emotional as well as physical health.
Canadian C2 Conference Previews the Future with Commerce and Creativity
by Lee Rickwood
What will be the next ‘moonshot’? Will the next one be colonizing Mars? Is it Hyperloop, Elon Musk’s vision for a sustainable, super-fast transportation system for the planet? What if The Future is Postponed, and not because of bad weather, but poor investment in science, research and innovation?
Black Code – Canadian Documentary Shines Bright Light on Hacking, Surveillance, Cyber-Crime
by Lee Rickwood
More than 120 years ago, a “torrid tempo” of tech change was first cited as a potential threat to privacy and a driver of unrestrained surveillance.
One month with the Google Home assistant
By Gadjo Sevilla
Google’s mission statement is to, ‘organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.’ In the past, this was usually done through the Google search bar, Google Home is the next step. With voice being the main way to interact with the service, getting Google Home to do things or access information becomes more conversational.