Jacinta Spies

Jacinta Spies is a Journalism and International Relations student at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. She currently enjoys writing about technology as she travels throughout South America, immersing herself in the culture.

Technology

An ‘irreversible multiplication of pixels’ in photo industry calls for sharper compression

Jacinta Spies3 years ago

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There will be 1.2 trillion photos taken this year as predicted by market research consulting firm InfoTrends and 85% of...

Gaming

VR revenue predictions fell short in 2016 but this should help reshape VR/AR gaming in 2017

Jacinta Spies3 years ago

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Virtual Reality programs did not perform as well as expected in 2016, but the unforeseen success of Augmented Reality programs...

Brains Byte Back

The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

From burritos on a food delivery app to a new apartment, we can now customize every to meet our desires. Well, what about a wife, husband or sexual partner? In this episode, we will look at how AI and humanized robots will impact our sex lives and our love lives.

To get a better understanding of how this new tech could impact our psychology and our society, I am joined by Dr. Nicole Prause, a neuroscientist researching human sexual behavior, addiction, and the physiology of sexual response. She is also the founder of Liberos LLC, an independent research institute.

And for our Weird Wide Web piece, we have a story of students suffering from separation anxiety when their phones are taken from them.