{"id":7643,"date":"2021-06-14T15:14:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T05:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=7643"},"modified":"2021-06-15T15:20:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T05:20:24","slug":"a-solution-for-smartphone-zombies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/a-solution-for-smartphone-zombies\/","title":{"rendered":"A Solution for Smartphone Zombies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you guilty of being a smartphone zombie&#8230;or do you know someone who is?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-7644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/smartphone-zombies-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/smartphone-zombies-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/smartphone-zombies-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/smartphone-zombies-55x55.jpg 55w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/smartphone-zombies-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/smartphone-zombies.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/>Smartphone zombies are easy to spot.\u00a0 They\u2019re the ones walking down the street, even crossing the road with their eyes fixed on their phone, seemingly unaware of their surroundings.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a dangerous habit&#8230;you can see some good examples of why if you search \u201cdistracted walking\u201d on Youtube.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To combat this growing problem a south Korean industrial designer has developed a robotic eyeball that users can strap to their heads and when they come within one to two metres of an obstacle, the device beeps to warn of the impending danger.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The creator says his invention is meant as a warning, not a real solution for smartphone addicts who won&#8217;t pay attention to where they are going.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/third-eye-invented-to-stop-smartphone-zombies-from-bumping-into-things-12325182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you guilty of being a smartphone zombie&#8230;or do you know someone who is? 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It\u2019s a dangerous habit&#8230;you can see some good examples of why if you search \u201cdistracted walking\u201d on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824],"tags":[2085,2084],"class_list":["post-7643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-smartphone-safety","tag-smartphone-zombie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Solution for Smartphone Zombies - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/a-solution-for-smartphone-zombies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Solution for Smartphone Zombies - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are you guilty of being a smartphone zombie&#8230;or do you know someone who is? 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