5 Risks that We Must Be Careful Of While Using the Internet

We all know that internet is helpful and convenient. It offers information, news, knowledge and etc. But sometime internet can be a dark and dangerous place for users. Some may use it as a tool to hurt others and some may have the Internet Addiction Disorder unconsciously. So today I'm going to introduce you 4 common risks we might have to look out while using the internet.

1. Lack Of Face To Face Communication

When Internet communication gradually replace talking directly, our personal relationships with friends and family will totally be changed. It is believed that some people who prefer online chatting than talking face to face because it somehow separates them from the real world.

2.Insomnia

Statistics have show how exactly does internet use lead to sleep disturbance. Some may even found it's hard to sleep without surfing the internet for a while. For the teenagers, who are still at the age of development, insomnia will not only affect their mental health but also their physical growth. Therefore, try to turn off your Internet early tonight and build up a good habit of sleeping early to stay away of many health problems. 

3.Wrong Information

 We all know searching for information on the internet is very convenient since there are many data you can find and use. But most of the information on the internet are not credible enough and sometime are wrong. So the internet sometime will breed the rapid spread of the wrong information and make it more difficult to find the right information. 

4.Spam and Internet Fraud


There are bunch of email messages you don't even know where they come from will require you to click on a link. But instead of leading you to the real login https: site, the link will redirect you to a fake website such as advertisements, pornography, online games and etc. You then be forced to enter your ID and password and your computer information will suddenly be intercepted by the scammers, who later hack and access your account.

5.Cyber Bullying

Cyber bullying is basically a term to describe the bullying using the Internet. It can be considered as one of the evilest negative effects of Internet. Celebrities or artists are often the victims of cyber bullying. This type of harassment or bullying is safer and easier than physical bullying for there is still not many concrete law to control the problems. Victims of cyber bullying may feel insulted or embarrassed because of the wicked comments or opinions.

Recently, there are online pirates and hackers claim to hack into NASA, icloud , NSA and other organizations if their managers don't pay them huge sums of money. That so you even if the internet is useful, it can also be very dangerous. Therefore, try to find your balance between the internet and the real world to avoid the 5 problems above.

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Brainprint, the Strongest Password in the World

Have you ever heard of "brainprint"? 

It is a brand new system which uses EEG (electroencephalograph) technology to track brain metrics relevant to cognitive performance. Binghamton University has found that brainprint system can identify people with 100% accuracy based on the results and they then prove that if the system can identify your brain's reaction to certain words, it could be used to replace passwords in the near future. 

the illustration of brainprint

What Can We Do With "Brainprint"?

A brainprint can be recorded while you're looking at a series of images that are designed to elicit unique responses from person to person. And since everyone will have different feeling about the images individual, the EEG system would record the brain activity in response to the stimulus and setting the password after you had seen a hundred of those pictures. 

With the system, according to Binghamton University's new study, you might not need to remember those complicated e-mail, communication software and bank account passwords any longer when the way your brain responds to certain words could be used to replace passwords.

Brainprint process video:

High-security sites

The most attractive points in brainprint technology are they can be cancelled (the person can easily do another EEG test and record it again), cannot be imitated or stolen by malicious software as the way a finger or retina can.

“If someone’s fingerprint is stolen, that person can’t just grow a new finger to replace the compromised fingerprint — the fingerprint for that person is compromised forever. Fingerprints are ‘non-cancellable.’ Brainprints, on the other hand, are potentially cancellable. So, in the unlikely event that attackers were actually able to steal a brainprint from an authorized user, the authorized user could then ‘reset’ their brainprint,” psychology faculty member of the Binghamton University, Sarah Laszlo explained.

psychology faculty member of the Binghamton University, Sarah Laszlo

In conclusion, the brainprint technology is used for recording each person brain activity and turn the result into passwords that nobody else in the world could imitate or steal. It is considered to be worldwide used in the future because of it high-security feature. With this technology, we don't have to worry about our accounts might be hacked anymore.

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Future Smartphones Trends

The evolution of phones has been swift and smartphones are changing everyday. It is moving so fast that even the technology frontiers can hardly tell which is the latest smartphone in the moment. But what should we expect to see in the development of smartphones in the next five to ten years? Here are some features for smartphones that may become the focal points for development in the near future.



1. Flexible Screens

I think everyone has already heard of it. Flexible screens are using electronic paper technology to make bendable displays which allow the smartphone to bear external force. And since it all makes of plastic, it has better durability compared with ordinary phones.In other words, this smartphone display reduces the chance your screen being smashed when you drop it.

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2.Transparent Screens

Transparent screens are challenging the technology to make a phone with a transparent multi-touch display which allow users to see through the smart-glass. For that, the display quality is paramount. Since it is made of glass or crystal, it is considered to be lighter and thinner than ordinary phones. However, at this point, the display is still in development.

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3.Skin-touch Screens

This technology gave born to the non-display smartphones. It is already on the market and usually known as "the Cicret Bracelet". And since it is designed to be a wristband, you can wear it on the non-watch hand and the technology will transform the users skin into touchscreens.

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4.Hologram Phone

Technically, this is the most complex and difficult technique to achieve. It promised bringing your photos, films, games or even video chats in your phone to life in 3D. With this new holographic tech, you can manipulate holographic 3D images to really "pop out" of your phone. However, there's still a big problem to deal with it : the quality of the screen looks terrible.

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3D Printing - It Is Not A Player, It Is A Game Changer

Printing has long been recognized as one of the most important invention of all time, especially the laser printing and digital printing. And now, a new printing technologies which is claimed to be triggering the beginning of the third industrial revolution after the steam engine (James Watt) and electric light (Thomas Edison) have been carried out and already released to market.

You can use the 3D printer to print out exactly the object you want under the computer control

What is 3D Printing?

The solid imaging process known as 3D Printing was invented by Chuck Hull (Charles W. Hull). This technology allows us to print out a three-dimensional object with any shapes, colors or geometry. It creates an object by producing layers of material are formed under computer control.

As first, we can only use plastic to be the material of the 3D printer because there is few materials which are plasticity and cheap enough to become widely used. But the materials available for 3D printing are becoming more expanding beyond border time by time. The most often discussed 3D printing materials are molecules for medicine and human cells.

Plastic is commonly used in 3D printing

Stem cells(left) and metal(right) are also used in 3D printing

It Is A Game Changer For Everyone 

Now, since you have gained some understanding of this technology, you may start to wonder “so what’s the differences between the 3D printing technology and others’ new technologies?” “Ya it sounds cool, but is it good enough to be compared with steam engine and electric light?” In that case, I’m going to introduce the possible applications of this technology to make you reach a deeper understanding of it.

1.Fashion industry

As long as you have the design diagrams, 3D printer is able to produce flexible filaments which can be used to replace cotton material. 

3D printed dress with complex pattern

2.Construction Industry

Compared with manual, the biggest strength of the 3D printing technology is that it can produce product with nearly 100 percent accuracy and significantly reduce the error rate.

The Gaudi's Sagrada Familia model made by 3D printing

And if the machine is big enough, it can even build a real building with just a mouseclick! The 3D printed house technology is considered to be universal used around the world in the future.

Watch how it "printed" a house in 24 hours:

3. Healthcare Industry

Madhumitha Rangesa, TechVision Research Analyst at Frost & Sullivan said that 3D-printed tissues for drug testing will help save eliminate costly animal testing and use of synthetic tissues.

I have to say it is a little creepy to find out this technology can also print a human body parts...

I will not show the pictures but you can't find for it in the internet by searching "3D printed body parts".

3D printed human organs:

To sum up, 3D printing technology is useful for saving a lot of time and its high accuracy. Everything you may have think is impossible to achieve seem to be a piece of cake for the 3D printer. Since there are still about 10 more 3D printing applications of different fields, you can find more details and information here.

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