By Lee Rickwood
A new public art activation in Toronto makes use of interactive technology to spotlight issues faced by women – including the challenges of homelessness, but also the obstacles of chauvinism.
As much as we love all music, we may not realize just how closely this remarkably personal art form is connected to science. To mathematics. Even to animal husbandry. Yet somehow, music is still enjoyable! The many points of intersection…
by Lee Rickwood
Banks in Canada and around the world are putting a new spin on the age-old service company mantra: KYC. Know your customer. Facial recognition and algorithmic identification technology makes it possible.
by Lee Rickwood
The potential is tremendous for the mini-metaverse to unify human-machine understanding and connect the digital and physical worlds in order to advance education and all interactive environments.
by Lee Rickwood
Application developers have mapped out the whole world into a grid of 10-foot squares, identified by a unique combination of three random words.
by Lee Rickwood
It really doesn’t matter what website you visit: its owners, operators, and publishers likely work with third-party data brokers.
by Lee Rickwood
Autonomous vehicles have the potential to make transportation more efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly. With that goal in mind, we can surely use some detailed maps to help us get there.
by Lee Rickwood
The fact that “human rights for all” needs to be put in place as a goal of the marketplace, and is not already its core operating criteria, is a condemnation of not just the marketplace, but of its regulators and participants.