With an increasing number of organizations looking to leverage so-called big data comes increasing risk that the datasets created could be misused by internal staff or hackers. To combat this, many companies try
Published on: February 4th, 2015 Howard Solomon @howarditwc
Giving away personal data in exchange for services can be a heavy trade-off. On one hand, it seems obvious - just be careful about who you give your data to and what you
Published on: July 24th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
Two Toronto IT academics are in good, if rare, company as of this week.Hossein Rahnama of Ryerson University and Universityof Toronto's JoycePoon have been named one of the world's top 35 innovators under
What if a cloud computing infrastructure could recognize a cyberattack, eliminate it, and never stop working while all that is being done? That's what researchers at MIT, with help from the federal government,
Published on: February 27th, 2012 Brandon Butler @itbusinessca
By Francis Moran and Leo Valiquette Recently we have explored where and how government can facilitate the process of commercialization to help technology entrepreneurs get their products to market. Throughout this series, we have
Pranav Mistry gesticulates like he's taking a picture.Mistry actually is, except there's no sign of any camera in his hands.Fixing his gaze on a scene he wants to capture, he gestures as though
Published on: October 5th, 2010 Joaquim P. Menezes @itbusinessca
Researchers are working on integrating nanotechnology with biological materials to create more powerful computers, medical tools and even prosthetics.Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced this week that they have built a hybrid
Published on: August 17th, 2009 Sharon Gaudin @itbusinessca
The wunderkinds at MIT's Media Lab (Fluid Interfaces Group) have developed a gesture-controlled wearable computing device that feeds you relevant information and turns any surface into an interactive display. Called the Sixth Sense,
Published on: April 14th, 2009 Diann Daniel @itbusinessca
If you only thought of video games purely as fun, or a pastime, think again. There's a resurgence of interest in edutainment – use of interactive activities or games to make learning more
Published on: February 5th, 2009 Michelle MacLeod @itbusinessca
Researchers at MIT say they've made an energy storage breakthrough that could transform solar power from an alternative to a mainstream energy source. The university is calling the solar project a major advancement
Published on: October 22nd, 2008 Sharon Gaudin @itbusinessca
