SCIENTIFIC STUDIES
Orthosomnia: Are Some Patients Taking the Quantified Self Too Far?
A study published by "The journal of clinical sleep medecine" explains that of Apps for tracking your sleep quality using gamification could create insomnia. Link to the study on the Journal of Clinical Sleep medicine: Journal Clinical Sleep Medecine ...
WHO report on children and the need for more activity
Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report about physical activity, sleep and screen time for children under 5 years of age. Children under the age of 5 need to spend less time in front of screens, more time being active, less...
People with Internet addiction react the worst when WiFi off.
If you feel frustrated when your WiFi connection stops working, It could be because of your personality. When digital technology stops working, people with a fear of missing out (FOMO) or an internet addiction have more extreme reactions, according to a new study....
EVENTS
YouTube addictive model
In this video,Paul-Olivier Dehaye of personaldata.io, and board member of Mydata Global (Mydata.org), explaines the complexities behind YouTube. He will show how YouTube creates more interactions in order to extract more user's data that allows the video streaming...
Event about Addiction and technology: Understanding the links
Are addictive features inside digital products causing a public health problem? Is the attention economy’s model threatening our democracies and individuals’ freedom of choice? How can we measure, map and analyze the consequences of the attention economy on our...
Launching event in Geneva: Addiction and Technology: understanding the links
Offgridme and Mydata Geneva will host an event about “problematic Internet Use” on October 8th, 2019 at 6pm at 3DD, 3 Rue David-Dufour, Geneva. The objective of our meeting is to present the project, to bring together local experts and stakeholders and to illustrate...
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IN THE NEWS
The effects of technology and screens on child development
Technology and screens have great potential to assist and improve education, but they need to be managed properly and used with proper intent. Screens can have a severe effect on the development of children, with the effects getting stronger the younger...
Celebrating the National day of Unplugging
Turn off your phone and connect with people for the National Day of Unplugging, a 24-hour global hiatus from technology to show the value of disconnecting from our daily devices and reconnecting with ourselves and with what's around us. From sundown on Friday, March 1...
English version: Mindstrong Health app offers early detection for mental health problems
Tell me how you use your smartphone and I'll tell you if you're depressed. It sounds like an impressive title, but it's the latest invention from Silicon Valley: an app that can diagnose mood disorders from the way we use our mobile phone. Mindstrong Health, a startup...
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