A convergence of events in mid-2019 are signalling an exciting shift that will change the way Canadians access data and communications in profound ways. May 2019 — SpaceX launches first Starlink Mission June 2019 — Ontario Teacher Pension plan invests in SpaceX with growth potential of its Broadband Satellite market …

With less than a month before the 2019 Singularity University Global Summit, I wanted to share some context of why this event is my equivalent of going a kid to Disneyland. My experience at the SU global summit was as advertised; cutting edge, big picture, Silicon Valley experience meets social…

What makes for a strong Cleantech Cluster? City-regions around the world form business clusters based on emergent factors such as access to resources, talent, population size and culture. …

CES 2019 was my fourth year at the event. For whatever reason , this year held fewer “Whoa” moments while I explored offerings on display at this massive spectacle of a trade show. …

In August, I attended the “international Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques” AKA SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver for the first. As the conference’s main areas of focus are around CGI/SFX/Animation for film and Gaming, much of the conference was beyond my primary areas…

(This article was originally published on Agritecture Blog April 17, 2018.) A multi-trillion dollar opportunity is emerging at the convergence of food, technology and rapidly evolving consumer behaviour. In 2017, investment in the AgriFood/AgTech industries rebounded, with some serious money and a strong digitization theme. …

“Renegades are the people, with their own philosophies, They change the course of history, everyday people like you and me We’re the renegades, we’re the people with our own philosophy We change the course of history, everyday people like you and me” — Afrika Bambaataa — Renegades of Funk We…

At NY Agtech Week 2017 in September, I was out for drinks with some attendees and asked if they had been discussing blockchain during the week. Nick Burton, who hosts the online Summit: State of the Soil, laughed and made a comment about not wanting to go down that road…

In my previous post, “Best of CES 2018: Blog Part 1” I covered some metamaterials, accessible chemical analysis and a robotic tool. As I mentioned, there is some real innovation on display in Eureka Park. …