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Digital devices were meant to cure our boredom. So why are people feeling more bored than ever?
Detecting depression in its earlier stages is a big challenge.
Ambient light sensors in smartphones could pose unexpected privacy risks.
This is good news for us and the planet.
Devices identify voice alterations associated with alcohol intoxication.
We're basically carrying a bunch of sensors around us at all times.
Smartphone accelerometers can record 'drunk gaits'.
Psychologists call this phenomenon 'online vigilance'.
Smartphones can be turned into a water quality sensor, too.
Gruesome chemical weapons can be detected with the help of children's toys.
Unlike apps, happiness doesn't seem to come through your phone.
They give us honey. Now, bees could offer the best Instagram photos.
Uh-oh.
Fingerprint auth isn't as secure as most people think.
The algorithm exploited the motion and orientation data recorded by a smartphone's accelerometer or gyroscope.
Its gonna be a lot of chatter though.
A must watch.
The whole world is your laboratory.
This tiny thing can analyze 8 samples at once.
Researchers have discovered a new material that's both transparent and electrically conductive that might make smartphones, TVs, smart windows and solar cells a lot cheaper, and maybe even more efficient.
Researchers at Purdue University in the US have developed a new tool for Android users that could increase your battery life by 16%.
Scientists have managed to use a simple smartphone to test for blood parasites; the device and app was successful in small trials in Cameroon.
People who excessively rely on their smartphones scored lower on tests which gauged cognitive abilities like analytical thinking than those who use their smartphones less frequently. The results reported by psychologists at University of Waterloo suggest that using smartphones to find answers to questions - difficult or not - via search engines makes you lazy and less apt at solving problems.
There aren’t that many people who imagined that in only a couple of years we’d see smartphones with 40MGpx cameras. Amazingly as that may sound, manufacturers are nearing a stand-still as far as optics miniaturization is concerned and even so, high end camera phones don’t come near the quality of a dedicated optical hardware. A […]
Despite all the related problems which contribute to obesity such as stress , the main cause is… eating too much. Recent studies have shown that people tend to overeat when they are stressed out – often creating a negative cycle of eating more, gaining weight and then getting stressed out about gaining weight – especially […]
