Author Archives: Rach Loveday

The world’s first Braille mobile phone

Two months ago, OwnFone released a new mobile phone in the UK. This phone isn’t just any other mobile phone, it has personalised Braille buttons to help the visually impaired communicate with their loved ones. This week, they released the same mobile phones in my native Australia. OwnFone are known for their simplistic mobile phones catering to children and seniors.

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First the coffee break, now the smartphone break?

While some of us may already use our smartphones when we are at the office (sometimes when we shouldn’t), there could be a possibility that it is okay and even healthy for us, according to new research from Kansas State University. Doctoral student, Sooyeol Kim, has found in his research that allowing employees to have smartphone microbreaks, much like coffee

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Behind the Reviews – Edition #39 (Summer Love)

Summer Love premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on 31 August 2022 and was described by the TV Week’s 2022 Previews edition as “an anthology series on eight different stories across eight episodes set at the same beach holiday house.” This show was the first anthology series I’d ever reviewed and was unique as it had a rotating cast

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The boomerang mood swing that Facebook caused

Facebook has found itself in hot water after it was revealed they conducted an experiment on nearly 700,000 users in 2012. In this experiment, Facebook manipulated these users’ news feeds, so only specific positive or negative posts were shown to specific users, to elicit specific emotional responses. The experiment was conducted by Facebook, as well as with Cornell University and

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E-pill or remote-controlled contraception

Contraception is a complex and sometimes sensitive and controversial issue. Some people choose not to use contraception at all due to personal reasons and people who do choose to use contraception, sometimes don’t know what to use. Some contraceptive methods are inconvenient, uncomfortable and can cause some problems and require a change in methods. A few years from now, remote-control

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Another cheap USB charger strikes again

Following yesterday’s report on cheap chargers being dangerous another case has arisen whereby a Sydney teenager has had a close call with a cheap USB charger, only days after reports emerged of Sheryl Anne Aldeguer’s death from electrocution from a faulty USB charger. Daniel Sommerville, 14, received a cheap USB charger for his electrical devices, on his birthday, from his mother last

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