Less Than 1% Of UK Adults Consider Loot Boxes To Be Gambling - That Needs To Change
Just 0.05% of adults in the UK have named loot boxes as a form of gambling. That is crazy, given the amount of airtime given to them in recent months…
Research Shows Many Brits Don’t Like The Idea Of Having A Robot Friend
Would you be comfortable with having a robot companion? Unsurprisingly, studies show over 72% of Britons would be uncomfortable with a cyborg chum.
Half Of Britain Will Celebrate Christmas Virtually This Year
Studies have found that half of Brits will be celebrating Christmas virtually this year - sharing the big day over the likes of FaceTime or Skype.
Solar Panels Embedded In Clothes Are The Future Of Mobile Phone Charging
Found yourself stuck with low phone battery and no charger? The future will fix that - thanks to clothing embedded with tiny solar cells the size of a flea!
Surprise! Influencers Are Lying About Their Numbers
Turns out the Influencer Marketing bubble will burst soon, as their posts, for what they cost, perform terribly. Now I wonder why…
The Basic Tech To Hack Someone’s Brain Exists Today
While we worry cybercriminals may be able to hack the human brain at some point far in the future, turns out the basic tech to do so exists today… Yikes.
Memes Cause Teen Obesity? That's A Bit Of A Stretch, Loughborough University
In one of the more ridiculous stories of the week, Loughborough academics sent a letter to UK parliament, informing them that memes cause teen obesity…
Half Of Brits “Disconnected From The Real World” Through Smartphone Addiction
Wait… People In Britain Have A Problem With Smartphone Addiction? No Way!
Four In Ten 'The Sims' Players Have Purposefully Killed Their Own Sims
A new study has shown that 41% of The Sims players have purposefully killed their Sims. This means 59% of the study’s candidates are liars.
Microsoft’s Kinect Finds New Life Helping Parkinson’s Patients
A team at Brunel University London has developed a new system, which helps people with Parkinson’s disease overcome debilitating walking problems.
The Future Human Needs To Learn To Trust Charities, Research Shows
Research shows over a quarter of people no longer trust charities in the UK. With many societal and physical problems affecting us all, this needs to change. Luckily, there may be hope…
Which Of These Four Types Of Internet User Are You?
Recent research shows that all social media users can be placed into one of four categories – the Geek, the Lurker, the Victim or the Internet Celebrity. Which one are you?
Avatars Can Help Schizophrenia Patients Control The Voices In Their Head
A UK medical trial has found that showing schizophrenic patients an avatar that represents the voices in their heads makes them better able to deal with their hallucinations.
Bioengineered Spy Plants Are “The Future Of Intelligence Gathering,” According To DARPA
DARPA is well known for their mad inventor-esque forays into robotics, but they are taking yet another fascinating-yet-scary step forward - bioengineered plants that can spy on you.
Having Trouble Sleeping? Researchers Say Go Camping Without Your Smartphone
Struggling to sleep? You’re not alone, as 22% of Britons feel the same way. Luckily, research has found a cure - spending time outdoors away from artificial light sources, such as your smartphone or laptop. Doing this can reset your biological clock and help you sleep longer.
Study Shows Netflix Users Have A Strange, New Binge-Watching Routine
Netflix has gotten to know their 86 million members pretty well, and the latest research proves that. The streaming company has released new data that shows how people are binge-watching content, uncovering some strange tendencies amongst people.
Your Brain Can Recover Lost Memories With Electric Shocks
For the centuries that humanity has researched the brain, we’ve believed that a memory is only preserved if the connected neurons were active. But that has just been proven wrong, as scientists have discovered that small jolts of electricity to the cranial mass can actually recover lost memories.
Light-Based Neural Network Could Be The Future Of Super-Fast AI Brains
While we can create computers that behave like brains, conventional circuitry means they will never perform as quickly as the sophisticated human neural network.
But Princeton researchers may have just solved this future and paved the future for this big area of research - creating the world’s first Light-based Neural Network.
You Can Now Unlock Doors And Computers By Sending Data Through The Human Body
When you think about transferring data, you think about either WiFi or Bluetooth (or infrared if you’re old like me). But a team at the University of Washington have found a way to transfer information using the human body.
Study Shows Thousands Of People Play Pokemon Go While Driving
We all have a laugh and a joke about being so addicted to Pokemon Go that you play while driving - but unfortunately that’s not a joke to thousands of people…