Tomorrow is sooner than you think.
As a technologist and entrepreneur, I spend a lot of time analyzing today’s problems and projecting them out 5-10 years to stay ahead of change. In these Visions posts, we explore these ideas and imagine the future, near and far.
Visions of tomorrow
Navigating change in the world of work
Header image: Lara Speirs, Executive VP & General Counsel, Randstad Canada On May 8, I co-hosted the first #RandstadTechTalks Twitter chat with Randstad Canada, and heard from dozens of Canadians on topics surrounding the Canadian role in the globalizing future.This 2-part blog post was inspired by the topics discussed in that Twitter chat, a conversation…
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Elon Musk Can’t Save Us from the Singularity
Elon Musk’s latest venture, Neuralink, aims to augment our minds with brain-computer interfaces. But what are the implications for the future of humanity?
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Telepresence Education for Children with Autism - 360 Interview with Inventor Graham Smith
Serial inventor and telepresence pioneer Graham Smith is paving the way to a future of remote collaboration. At VRTO I caught up with Graham to talk about his latest project, WebMoti, a telepresence system to give children with autism full control of their classroom experience from the comfort of their own home.
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GivLuv’s VR Philanthropy Platform Presents New Opportunities for Fundraising
Charities and non-profit organizations have long relied on creative marketing to bring their causes to light, but VR’s strong ability to cause empathy presents new opportunities to tug at the heartstrings of potential donors. At VRTO 2017, the Virtual Reality Toronto Convention, digital agency Primacy debuted GivLuv, their new platform to connect causes to the…
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Will Astronauts Use VR on Mars? - An Interview with Peggy Wu
What does VR have in store for space exploration? At this year’s Virtual Reality convention in Toronto, I sat down with Peggy Wu, the Associate Director for Research in Human-Machine Interaction at United Technologies,�?to talk about her perspective on this exciting aspect of our future.
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The 3 Pillars of Augmented Reality
As technology advances, we inch closer to the hybrid reality envisioned by sci-fi authors in the last century, a reality in which technological augmentations are as expected and accepted as our phones and laptops today. Augmented reality is becoming increasingly more common a medium, and is seeping into our lives across many industries. There are…
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High Tech Meets High Fashion with Anouk Wipprecht’s Wearable Robots - 360 Video Interview
Anouk Wipprecht is not your average fashion designer. Her pieces go beyond fabric and stitches, and into the realm of exoskeletal 3D printing and microcontrollers, bringing garment and wearer together into a united cyborgian being. In this 360 video interview, I sit down with Anouk to discuss her path to becoming a world-famous robotic fashion designer, her opinions on open source, and her latest project: a connected unicorn horn for children with autism.
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Code Heroes: How One Small Town is Embracing Digital Literacy
By launching Code Heroes, Kelly Bergeron has made it her mission to ensure her town is keeping pace with the ever-moving tech world. Code Heroes teaches digital literacy to residents of Cornwall, a small town with a big-picture mindset and an appetite to change the world.
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Are Gadgets Dead? Trendy Techie Discusses “the Winter of Gadgets” on CTV Your Morning
After a controversial article on the New York Times claimed that gadgets are dead, I joined Ben Mulroney on CTV Your Morning to discuss whether or not we are in a so-called “winter of gadgets.” Are gadgets on their way out? I think not! Watch the segment below: WATCH: Will Gadgets Thrive or Barely Survive…
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Are We Living in a Virtual Reality?
Last night I dreamt that I took off a virtual reality headset and “woke up” in a VR arcade. Suddenly I found myself sitting on the floor in a small dark room, with a rack of different virtual reality rigs set up for me to choose from, and one in my hands on my lap.…
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Virtual Reality vs. Augmented Reality, Explained
Both VR and AR open virtual doors to what is often referred to as the “metaverse” - a metaphysical universe of digital worlds. But do you know the difference?
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DuoSkin: Temporary Tech Tattoos Create a Wearable User Interface
Remember last year when flash tattoos were a thing and all the hippie festival bloggers were wearing gold and silver temporary tattoos? Researchers at the MIT Media Lab in collaboration with Microsoft Research took these tattoos to the next level by making them interactive.
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Meditation with Muse, the Mind-Sensing Headband
I had the chance to demo Muse, a wearable mind-sensing device that uses your brain waves to help you meditate. Here’s how this wearable is helping users treat everything from stress to PTSD.
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Will Your Grandchildren be Cyborgs?
Are cyborgs the next evolution of man? Do we have any way to evolve further without integrating technology into our physical makeup?
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TRENDY TECHIE 