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Smartphone-Using Teens Have More Sex, New Study Says

Smartphone-Using Teens Have More Sex, New Study Says | Science News | Scoop.it

But correlation does not imply causation.

Tony Terragna's curator insight, January 6, 2013 10:56 PM

Do you agree that Smartphones offer more access to explorative opportunities? Is the Internet to blame, or the parenting behind these promiscuous teens? As a parent, how are you monitoring your teen with their cellphone? Are you sure you know what goes on behind closed instant message boxes? Discuss!

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Mobile devices reshaping the news industry: study

Mobile devices reshaping the news industry: study | Science News | Scoop.it
Half of American adults own a smartphone or tablet computer, and most of them use these devices to access news, a study released Monday showed.
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10 Ways That Mobile Learning Will Revolutionize Education

10 Ways That Mobile Learning Will Revolutionize Education | Science News | Scoop.it
We’ve found that the education industry needs new models and fresh frameworks to avoid losing touch with the radically evolving needs of its many current and potential new constituencies.

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Japanese firm to pioneer smartphone that detects radiation

Japanese firm to pioneer smartphone that detects radiation | Science News | Scoop.it
SoftBank, Japan’s third-largest mobile phone operator, has revealed its plans to bring out a smartphone that can detect radiation, in the wake of last year’s nuclear plant disaster at Fukishima.
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Scientists design indoor navigation system for blind

Scientists design indoor navigation system for blind | Science News | Scoop.it
University of Nevada, Reno computer science engineering team Kostas Bekris and Eelke Folmer presented their indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments at two national conferences in the past two weeks.


More on BLINDNESS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=blindness

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This device can track your lost phone!

This device can track your lost phone! | Science News | Scoop.it

Mobile thieves beware! ‘Smart track,’ an innovate mobile tracking application developed by students Kaushal Moondhra, Amritha S and Rajneesh Prakash of Acharya Institute of Technology can track lost phones and also click and e-mail pictures of the thief.

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Doors Unlock With Keyed Vibrations Sent From Your Smartphone Through Your Bones

Doors Unlock With Keyed Vibrations Sent From Your Smartphone Through Your Bones | Science News | Scoop.it

It gives the term skeleton key a whole new meaning: a prototype system from AT&T Labs that beams a unique vibration through a user’s bones to be picked up by a receiver in a door handle, automatically unlocking the door at the touch of the handle. Using piezoelectric transducers, the system could someday be embedded in smartphones or wristwatches to create doors that automatically unlock when the right person touches them and stay firmly dead-bolted when anyone else tries to gain entry.

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Smartphones bridge US digital divide

Smartphones bridge US digital divide | Science News | Scoop.it
Smartphones are bridging a US digital divide as minorities tap into the Internet using mobile devices, according to a Pew study released on Friday.

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Georgia Tech develops braille-like texting app (w/ video)

Georgia Tech develops braille-like texting app (w/ video) | Science News | Scoop.it

Imagine if smartphone and tablet users could text a note under the table during a meeting without anyone being the wiser. Georgia Tech researchers have built a prototype app for touch-screen mobile devices that is vying to be a complete solution for texting without the need to look at a mobile gadget's screen.

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Mood-Reading Smartphones Put Therapist in Your Pocket | LiveScience

Mood-Reading Smartphones Put Therapist in Your Pocket | LiveScience | Science News | Scoop.it
Smartphones may act like pocket therapists in the future, intuiting when you are depressed and nudging you to call or see friends.
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Looking for work? There may be an app for that

Looking for work? There may be an app for that | Science News | Scoop.it
(AP) -- Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.
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Obvious Engine augmented reality SDK for iOS made public (demo video)

Obvious Engine augmented reality SDK for iOS made public (demo video) | Science News | Scoop.it
We covered English Hedgerow, an interesting augmented reality app for the iPhone, earlier this month, and we've just found out that the engine behind it is being made available to iOS developers....

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Turn off your smart phone to beat stress | BPS

The study found that stress was associated with the personal use of smart phones but not with work. In particular, a relationship was found between stress and the amount of times the phone was checked, with the most stressed amongst us experiencing ‘phantom’ vibrations when in fact there have been no alerts.

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How Mobile Phones Combat the Spread of Global Disease

How Mobile Phones Combat the Spread of Global Disease | Science News | Scoop.it

Using location data gathered by personal mobile phones, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have created the first map that tracks the spread of malaria by examining movement patterns among Kenya's population.

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Sphero - Exile app demo

http://gosphero.com Sphero Exile is an app that uses the Sphero robotic ball as a 3D controller. It will be available for iOS and Android in July 2012.
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[VIDEO] Transparent double-sided touchscreen display Android smartphone prototype #DigInfo

Transparent double-sided touchscreen display Android smartphone prototype http://www.diginfo.tv/v/12-0099-r-en.php DigInfo TV - http://diginfo.tv 30/5/2012 W...
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Facebook and Smartphones: New Tools for Psychological Science Research

Facebook and Smartphones: New Tools for Psychological Science Research | Science News | Scoop.it

Whether you’re an iPerson who can’t live without a Mac, a Facebook addict, or a gamer, you know that social media and technology say things about your personality and thought processes. And psychological scientists know it too – they’ve started researching how new media and devices both reveal and change our mental states.

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Smartphones in tow, robots take a swim

Smartphones in tow, robots take a swim | Science News | Scoop.it
The floating robots on the left are passive, going where the currents take them. The devices on the right are autonomous and have propellers that help them maneuver away from obstacles in the water. (Credit: Jonathan Beard) ...

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Smartphones Will Become the Only Device Hardcore Gamers Need

Smartphones Will Become the Only Device Hardcore Gamers Need | Science News | Scoop.it
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Smartphones wallets going mainstream: survey

Smartphones wallets going mainstream: survey | Science News | Scoop.it
Using smartphones or tablets as digital 'wallets' will be common within a decade, largely replacing cash and credit cards, according to a Pew Research survey released on Tuesday.
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Scan Your Food For Bacteria With Your Cell Phone | Popular Science

Scan Your Food For Bacteria With Your Cell Phone | Popular Science | Science News | Scoop.it

Have you ever been tempted to order steak tartare but decided against it for fear of getting sick? This little cell phone scanner can take a look at it for you and let you know if it does in fact harbor any E. coli bacteria.

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Cellphone use linked to selfish behavior

Cellphone use linked to selfish behavior | Science News | Scoop.it
Though cellphones are usually considered devices that connect people, they may make users less socially minded, finds a recent study from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.
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Smart Phones Improve Memory

Smart Phones Improve Memory | Science News | Scoop.it
People with memory loss injuries may regain some independence by using smart phones.
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In the 21st Century everyone thinks that smartphones turn your brain into "mush". A new study in the Neuropsychological Rehabilitation that it might not be true. They studied 10 people who had bad memory, each person was given a phone. This showed that smartphones help improve peoples day-to-day memory.

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Mobile Innovators

These innovators made your phone smarter & more fun. So how'd they do it?
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Each month 16.9M access health info via mobiles

Each month 16.9M access health info via mobiles | Science News | Scoop.it

According to a new report from comScore, the number of people in the US who access health information from their mobile devices is on the rise. During the months of September, October, and November last year, an average of 16.9 million people used mobile phones to access health information. That number marks a 125 percent growth rate over the same three month period in the previous year. The research firm found that about 3 in 5 or 60 percent of the mobile health information seekers were under the age of 35.

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