How robots are helping doctors save lives in the Canadian North
Dec 16, 2018 13:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
It is the middle of the winter and a six-month-old child is brought with acute respiratory distress to a nursing station in a remote community in the Canadian North. The nurse realizes that the child is seriously ill...
Don't worry about screen time – focus on how you use technology
Dec 16, 2018 13:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Many Americans find themselves bombarded by expert advice to limit their screen time and break their addictions to digital devices including enforcing and modeling this restraint for the children in their lives. However,...
The next great leap forward? Combining robots with the Internet of Things
Dec 16, 2018 13:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The Internet of Things is a popular vision of objects with internet connections sending information back and forth to make our lives easier and more comfortable. Its emerging in our homes, through everything from...
Dec 16, 2018 12:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Two reports out this week one into the operations of Facebook and Google, the other into the competitive neutrality of the ABC and SBS present the federal government with significant policy and political...
Why shaming your children on social media may make things worse
Dec 16, 2018 10:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Matt Cox knew he would be criticized when he forced his 10-year-old daughter to walk 5 miles to school in 36-degree weather as her punishment for being suspended from the school bus twice for bullying. I know a lot of...
Looking for a high-tech gift for a young child? Think playgrounds, not playpens
Dec 16, 2018 10:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Shopping for a new high-tech gift for the child in your life this holiday season? Its easy to be overwhelmed by all the options. Bright boxes, colorful apps and cute plastic robots will promise that learning outcomes will...
How wireless recharging works – and doesn't, yet
Dec 15, 2018 10:20 am UTC| Technology
Though the days of hardwired wall-mounted phones are ending and wireless internet connections are common at home and on the go, people are still dependent on cords to charge their mobile devices. My research, and that of...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects