Your smartphone use predicts your social life, travel, risk of disease - even political views

The Really Smart Phone: Researchers are harvesting a wealth of intimate detail from cellphone data, uncovering the hidden patterns of social lives, travels, risk of disease - even political views.

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5 ways your cell phone can save your life

From CNN:

You can use apps and other tools to turn your cell phone into a safety tool:

1. Program your cell phone so people can find you
2. Put your "in case of emergency" contact into your cell phone
3. Put your medical information on your cell phone
4. Get an app that teaches you first aid and CPR
5. Find help nearby

References:

Five ways your cell phone can save you. CNN.

Distracted Walking Featured in the New Windows Phone Ads

Distracted driving has gained much attention lately because of the inflated crash risk posed by drivers using cellphones to talk and text. But phones aren't just distracting drivers; they make pedestrians inattentive too.

Distracted walking combines a pedestrian, an electronic device and an unseen crack in the sidewalk, the pole of a stop sign, a toy left on the living room floor or a parked (or sometimes moving) car.

There are plenty of examples of the dangers of distracted walking in the two videos embedded in this page. These are also examples of "distracted life" in general:



References:
Forget Gum. Walking and Using Phone Is Risky. NYTimes.
Video: Stop texting while driving. Terrifying. All drivers should watch this.

A Physician with a Smartphone: Endless Possibilities for Patient Care Improvement

"In this video, Ivor Ković, a physician from Croatia, talks about how he uses the iPhone in his daily medical practice. He shows how even simple technology (starting with SMS) changes work behavior of physicians and patients. He goes on to showcase some of the apps he uses and introduces us to "Little Anne". But the most interesting part of the video is possibly where Ivor shows his own innovation on how the iPhone can be used to deliver quality CPR."

There are several health-related talks from Mobile Monday Amsterdam 2010 available on YouTube at http://bit.ly/c0bMF0