Bali resort bans smartphone use by the pool

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But the Ayana Resort and Spa in Bali, Indonesia , is taking a different approach. Their new "In the Moment" program is encouraging visitors to unplug when they're by the pool -- by banning smartphones and other electronic devices. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day of the week, guests will not be able to bring smartphones to the pool area. Guests are encouraged to truly unplug while poolside. However, while some travelers intentionally seek out opportunities to unplug while traveling, not everyone has an easy time letting go.

Mars travelers can use 'Star Trek' Tricorder-like features using smartphone biotech: study

Plans to take humans to the Moon and Mars come with numerous challenges, and the health of space travelers is no exception. Several hazards of human spaceflight are identified, such as environmental and mental health concerns, and the QUB scientists used that information to organize their study. A chart showing the classification of scientific articles about relevant smartphone-based biosensors used in the Queen's University Belfast study. All of the devices used smartphone attachments, some of them with 3D-printed parts. There may be plenty of challenges to overcome, but as the Queen's University Belfast study demonstrates, we may already be solving them.

Worry over kids' excessive smartphone use is more justified than ever before

as declared in So how are portable electronic devices, the chosen technology of today's kids and teens – a generation I call "iGen" – any different? Since researchers have been tracking TV watching habits, the average U.S. teen has never spent more than two-and-a-half hours a day watching TV. The sleep factorAcross many studies, kids and teens who spend more time with screens – including both TV and portable devices – also sleep less. We studied links between sleep and TV watching as well as links between sleep and portable device use. So parents were right to worry about kids watching too much TV in the 1970s and 1980s.