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Latest 3D TV Technology Offers Interactive Control

(PhysOrg.com) -- Three-dimensional TV is now closer than ever to becoming a reality for consumers, and the latest research is investigating the full extent of 3D TV’s possibilities. In a recent study, researchers ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1 feature

Screen time linked to psychological problems in children

(PhysOrg.com) -- Children who spend longer than two hours in front of a computer or television screen are more likely to suffer psychological difficulties, regardless of how physically active they are.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Netflix light on flicks as viewers soak up TV shows

Like most fresh faces that arrive in Hollywood, Netflix wanted to be a movie star. But now it's learning what many in Tinseltown have known for decades: Movies are sexy, but the real money is in television.

Technology / Business

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Net media are increasingly strong

University of Gothenburg, Sweden, conducts a yearly survey of Swedes' media use called Mediebarometern, which started in 1979. The results for the 2009 survey are now complete and show that Net media are increasingly strong, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Conversing helps language development more than reading alone

Adult-child conversations have a more significant impact on language development than exposing children to language through one-on-one reading alone, according to a new study in the July issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

TV, computer screen time linked to high blood pressure in young children

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sedentary behaviors such as TV viewing and “screen time” involving computers and video games are linked with elevated blood pressure in children regardless of whether they are overweight or obese, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

More U.S. consumers spurn cable TV bills

In July, the Benediktssons of Chandler, Ariz., declared their independence from cable television.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 6

TV executives crave viewers who watch 2 screens

Forget the small screen and the big screen. The hottest new thing in television is the "second screen" - the one on the tablet computer or cell phone that an increasing number of viewers keep an eye on while they're watching ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0