Showing posts with label technology and society. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology and society. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Shopping cart goes high-tech - Yahoo! News

It may still have a wiggly wheel, but new shopping carts might prove to be a lot smarter than they look. A shopping cart that tells you if you're buying too much junk food may soon be coming to a grocery store aisle near you.

Read more...

Link - Yahoo! News

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Technology has teenagers and parents talking - Yahoo! News

This article discusses the impact of technology on typical family life in the U.S. According to child psychologist Richard Woolfson, while the idea of sitting around the family table for dinner every night is becoming a thing of the past, the ability to stay in touch via technology has actually resulted in families communicating more with teach other than in the past. And, Woolfson argues, by communicating more via technology, families are more comfortable and open discussing things with each other when they do talk face to face. Even so, I can't help but feel oddly nostalgic for chewing with my mouth open to gross out my sisters, the soon-to-be-lost art of gargling your Jell-O at the table, laughing so hard at something that milk flew out my nose, being told not to sing or read at the table, or having to bear the guilt and the shame for starving kids in Africa if I didn't eat all my vegetables.

Link (Yahoo! News)

Sunday, September 23, 2007

How's that for irony? Bosnian couple have online affair ... with each other

This definitely belongs in "News of the Weird." A Bosnian couple who were unhappy in their marriage each went online to find true love and wound up finding each other. Now they're getting a divorce!

What does that have to say about technology and society?

News blogger Ben Greenman has the story.

Couple Divorce After Having an Online Affair... With Each Other