The future of CCTV? Smartphones equipped with ‘bat-sense’ technology could soon generate images from SOUND alone Researchers were inspired by echolocation used by bats to hunt and navigate They sent blips of sound from a speaker to bounce around an indoor space A machine learning algorithm times how long the signal takes to come back … Read more
Giving toddlers a smartphone or a tablet to calm them down could make their tantrums even worse, a new study warns. In experiments, US researchers observed toddlers between the ages of two and three after a cartoon they were watching ended prematurely. Parents were also asked questions about how heavily they relied on electronic media, including … Read more
A virtual Bluetooth virus spread between SMARTPHONES ‘could help us track Covid-19 more accurately’, study claims The technology — called ‘Safe Blues’ — provides an accurate model of Covid-19 It allows for real-time monitoring of an epidemic unlike epidemiological data Android users run the app in the background of their phone and it works anonymously using … Read more
Just a few months after trolling Apple for no longer including a charger with the iPhone, two competitors are now doing the exact same thing. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun confirmed the Mi 11 will come without a charger and Samsung deleted a Facebook post over the weekend that mocked Apple’s move, which may be hinting … Read more
Spending time on your smartphone scrolling through social media and replying to messages isn’t bad for mental health, psychologists say. Analysing both Android and iPhone users, the British researchers found time spent on a smartphone to be a poor predictor of anxiety, depression or stress. People who scored highly on depressive symptoms, meanwhile, were not … Read more
Samsung’s 2021 smartphones may not include a free charger as the firm looks to cut costs A report suggests Samsung will remove default chargers starting in 2021 The firm’s new smartphones typically come with a power adapter However, a report says Samsung is looking to cut costs by eliminating it The news follows a week after … Read more
Hotel customers will be able to use their smartphones as door keys thanks to new app that will prevent need for post-lockdown reception queues Bloc has introduced an app to check-in and control rooms without any contact Guests use the software on their phones to open their rooms and control inside Bloc said the app … Read more
It is not clear why the NHS app was so much worse as using Bluetooth to detect other phones than the Apple/Google technology is. And officials have not explained why or how it is better at measuring the distance between two phones. The main difference between the two apps is the way they store data. … Read more
5G smartphones could become up to 50 times more battery efficient with new radio frequency switching system funded by the US Army Army-backed researchers developed a way to make 5G less of a battery drain The new design uses nanomaterials to make switching between 5G and other radio frequencies for other phone tasks less energy … Read more
Millions of Britons without smartphones risk being treated as second-class citizens because they won’t be able to use an app to limit the spread of coronavirus, campaigners warn. Ministers will this week set out the details of how the new contact-tracing app will be deployed nationwide as part of their ‘test, track and trace’ strategy. … Read more