http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30655 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sun, 19 May 2013 07:41:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30655#post-86431 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:21:46 +0000 Des Custard 86431@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Usually a headless chicken. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30655#post-86393 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:14:00 +0000 arthurminnit 86393@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>i presume the other 68% use a chicken to cross the road? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30655#post-86387 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:47:04 +0000 TokyoTomato 86387@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice.</p> <p>It could be fun to explore the consequences of smartphone batteries running out too.<br /> Just a thought. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30655#post-86381 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:58:19 +0000 Des Custard 86381@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks chaps.</p> <p>Late edit: 4th para, replacement last sentence...The phone even seems to predict when cars will screech to a halt or other people will dive out of the way; it's uncanny. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30655#post-86328 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:14:37 +0000 vertical 86328@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>frighteningly true </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30655#post-86327 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:11:02 +0000 Golgo13 86327@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Like it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30655#post-86317 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:55:56 +0000 Des Custard 86317@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A report has revealed that almost a third of the population are now unable to walk to the shops or cross a busy road without the aid of a smartphone. When older types of mobile device are taken into account, the number rises to 47 percent.</p> <p>While many blame a culture which has seen console games replace outdoor play for the younger generation, it is not just kids who suffer from what has become known as Space And Time Neurological Awareness Vacuum, or SATNAV, disorder. Adults as old as 49 can regularly be seen with their heads down, using their phone to cross busy roads and to negotiate their way through crowds instead of looking where they are going in the more conventional manner.</p> <p>Ann Blunt, a representative of the smartphone industry, said that the pressures and complexity of modern life sometimes meant that people did not have the time or ability to calculate the optimum course or speed when walking, but needed to rely on an appropriate app. </p> <p>‘In fact, in most circumstances it’s much safer to use a phone,’ said Ms Blunt. ‘It can pick up the speed and direction of every vehicle and pedestrian in the vicinity, as well as rates of change, leaving the user with nothing more complex to do than watch the screen and follow instructions. I have yet to see a user get run down or walk into someone else.’ </p> <p>Even when users go to live sporting or music events, where they can safely view other people doing active things from a stationary position, many of them still prefer to take it in through their phones, which are thought to analyse and provide comments on the action and make it simpler to take in.</p> <p>The only age group whose members can all navigate without looking at a hand-held screen are the over 70s, some of whom can still be seen talking into their phones, having not yet got over the novelty. </p>