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Technology is having a disrupting effect on Australian culture, killing things that have been taught for centuries. ◘1 killing of technology a that is an skills killing technology for handwriting killing on technology australia skills arithmetic notable handwriting technology skills killing technology blog future arithmetic ◘1 If you don't use it, you lose it. That applies to just about everything in life from the human body itself to skills. Tech is having a deleterious impact on people and society. Technology, the greatest deskilling agent.         ◙2 killing handwriting skills then on arithmetic killing chain skills ◙2 We may be typing more on PCs and mobile phones, but hardly anyone today writes something with a pen. The days of giving a signature are numbered, with retina, thumb and face scans spreading to all devices.      |||   ⦿3 news australia ⦿3 It has got so bad that more students are doing poorly in the NAPLAN school leaving...

 ▶Young are concerned about privacy. They are facebook wary.| young or about oh social so young to wary ah platform oh advertisers it data wary on privacy so platform or social| found. ◀ | No wonder young people are going off Facebook.  It is a platform for mums and dads they say.  This could be true, but the thing that turns youngsters away is the truth that Facebook gives its data to advertisers for a fee.  It wouldn't be so bad if consumers get some of the money - they don't.      | platform young or wary of about up social be facebook we privacy by young in platform ho advertisers ha data facebook go social blog | It should be noted that the social site has two billion users.  This is a massive database.  The most frustrating thing is getting strings of advertising for a product you have already bought!  If you go to an airport you have already purchased your ticket.  Why do you want more ads targeting y...

Chemistry - Phones explode because lithium operates by chemical action. Let's not kid ourselves here: The iPad has had battery "explosions" just as much, if not more than Samsung. It is just that Samsung is more outspoken about issues. Apple believes that if it ignores a problem it will go away. I would like to see the real statistics on all phones. Batteries operate by chemical action. What you learned at school was that chemicals are dangerous. The unexpected sometimes happens. Lithium has the capacity to store a lot of energy. This pent-up power is always looking for a way out of its container. Though the incidents of phones catching fire is very low, the mere thought of something exploding in your pocket is frightening. Lithium batteries are notoriously unstable. They have caused fires on aircraft. Thankfully, no one has yet been killed. We do not have any alternative to lithium batteries. They are the most efficient and can be made very small. Consumer...

Despite claims that battery technology will improve over the next few years, the battery has remained the same for half a century. Sure base materials that make the battery store electricity have changed, but not that much in recent years. All the same battery technology Due to mass production and increasing demand the price of batteries will fall. This is just economics really. The cost of Solar has fallen 80 per cent in five years. Don't expect batteries for your phone or tablet to fall this much though. The great hope is that advances in solar technology in electrical catchment and storage can be "transferred" to other products. Communication and motor vehicle manufacturers could be putting too much faith in this, however. It may not happen. Batteries can be charged in a matter of minutes now. The future could see people carrying a "spare" mobile phone power pack in their pocket. Exchange stations could spread and be ubiquitous everywhe...

The world of iPhones can be quite exciting. A 68 year old man beat up a youth who would not turn his iPhone off when a plane they were on was about to land. A phone thief was tracked down by a police helicopter in Melbourne, Australia. A victim watched a thief in the process of taking her phone on the phone's webcam. He was caught. Cooks at a Connecticut restaurant thought the gun a thief was toting looked unusual - it was an iPhone. A cyclist grabbed a woman's communication's device from her hand. He was tracked down by GPS software she was testing on the machine. As iPhones become part of everyone's life many people want one for free - human nature I suppose. They are useful devices if you want to communicate with someone. But you see people walking into electric poles on the street with a phone "glued" to their ear. Many are seriously injured every year by drivers of motor vehicles blatantly using them while driving. They are really a toy. High t...