In a 1990 Harris Poll study of American opinion, 79% of respondents said they were concerned about threats to personal privacy. The big issue back then? Caller ID. When we recently posed that same ...

IMGCAP(1)] Technophobia, known to non-clinical types simply as a fear of technology, is throttling the potential of many CPAs and CFOs. More technically defined as “the abnormal fear or anxiety about ...

The plot of Stephen King’s “Cell” — cell phones scrambling human brains like a skilletful of eggs — probably came as no surprise to Daniel Dinello, Chicago-based filmmaker and film studies professor ...

From telecommunications and transportation to healthcare and entertainment, cutting-edge technology serves society well. But not when it comes to food. Oh no. We don't want technology anywhere near ...

The fear of technology has been around for as long as technology itself, and like technology itself, this fear is always changing. There is evidence of “technophobia” — the technical name for this ...

My second blog addressed the consequences of Geriatric Technophobia, including loss of connections with family and friends, missed learning opportunities, limited access to commerce, restricted access ...

Transformers: Age of Extinction arrives in theaters on Friday. Picking up four years after the events of the last film, Michael Bay's quasi-reboot of the franchise sees mankind turn on the ...

This is the first of three blog posts that I will be writing on Geriatric Technophobia. This post will introduce the topic, the next one will explore the consequences of Geriatric Technophobia, and ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, German companies and laboratories churned out futuristic technologies, from novel types of nuclear reactors to the world's first magnetic-levitation train. In the early 1980s, ...