YOUNG people are so addicted to their smartphones that most admit using them while on the toilet and some suffer withdrawal symptoms if the phones are taken away. The findings are revealed in new research that also shows one-third of Australia’s Gen Y (roughly, 20-30 year-olds) admit checking their smartphones, emails or social media sites…
It seems that there is a mobile phone application for everything — from financial transactions to multi-player games. Now, you can use your smartphone for psychological testing. Scientists in Norway have developed an app that is similar to a program psychologists use in the lab to measure brain function. A listener hears two different syllables in…
This is the story of my friend Yusuf Moses, one of the most motivated people I’ve ever met. After years of ups and downs, he is now a respected ABET teacher, happily married father of two daughters. When we first met, he worked in a factory building components for Volkswagen South Africa: Uitenhage, in the…
A while ago I wrote an article about how SMS relieve loneliness, stress and depression. The same advice applies well to boredom in general. John Taylor Gatto first alerted me to the pandemic of boredom in public schools. This is a cause for concern both in children and in teachers. Everyone has felt bored at…
If there’s anyone left in the world who thinks online bullying isn’t as harmful as the physical kind that happens live and in person, a new Michigan State University study says that it’s not just as bad – it’s worse. “We should not ignore one form of bullying for the sake of the other,” Thomas…