Digital

How often do you clear out old photos on your phone or tidy up your email inbox? You just may be a digital hoarder, and researchers from Northumbria University have identified four distinct types.

A new study has found integrating an immersive virtual reality system into a chronic pain treatment can significantly enhance a patient’s pain-relief outcome. The research suggests “digiceutical” therapies may be effective for patients suffering chronic pain.

The FDA has approved a platform called NightWare, designed to help improve sleep in post-traumatic stress disorder patients suffering from recurrent nightmares. The system is an Apple Watch app that will only be available by prescription.

When Panasonic rebooted its Technics brand after a six year hiatus in 2014, its focus was very much on the audiophile listener. The latest release from the luxury hi-fi company is also its first Reference Class integrated amplifier.

One of the truly revolutionary watches of the 20th century is making a comeback as Hamilton Watch issues an updated version of its iconic Pulsar – the world's first electronic digital wristwatch. Called the PSR, it features a hybrid OLED/LCD display.

​Zivix launched a compact digital guitar called the JamStik in 2013 that allowed pickers to keep their calluses nice and hard while traveling by chording on real strings across its five frets. Now the latest JamStik is less of a "Stik" and more like a grown up travel guitar.​

A study has followed thousands of teenagers tracking associations between screen time and depression. The research separated types of screen time, and found TV and social media activity correlated with increased symptoms of depression, but video game and computer use had little negative effect.

A study has tracked data from 350,000 subjects finding digital technology use accounts for less than half a percent of a young person’s mental health. The research suggests everything from wearing glasses to not getting enough sleep, have bigger negative effects on adolescent well-being.

China’s state-run news agency has revealed it will deploy new digitally generated newsreaders to report the news. The artificial anchors have been designed to reduce news production costs and increase efficiency, however, the use of the technology brings a new definition to the term "fake news."

Supersense has revived and refined an art project by Gebhard Sengmüller and Martin Diamant which sees users put a vinyl record on a turntable that results in sound and video appearing on a TV. Inbetween the two sits a VinylVideo Converter.

Augmented reality can bring a book to life by pointing a smartphone or tablet camera at coded objects on a page and viewing the results on the smart device's screen. Magik Book has created its own spin with brochures that sync with a tablet and launch digital content when a page is turned.​

As Spotify reveals constant revenue losses we ask , is subscription-based music streaming a viable business model and how long can these giant companies operate if they are constantly hemorrhaging money?