Technology and mental health
Tech Life
BBC
4.4 • 221 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Technology can pose dangers to our mental health - cyberbullying, social media addiction and disinformation. But can tech help our mental wellbeing ? We explore the issues. Tech Life's Alasdair Keane reports from Las Vegas on a sound system for cars that alters music as the vehicle is driven. And tech meets beauty - find out about hair dryers delivering more than hot air.
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| 0:49.7 | you get your BBC podcasts. Hello and welcome to TechLife on the BBC World Service, the programme searching for new |
| 0:59.1 | technology that could change your life. |
| 1:02.1 | I'm Shona McCallum and this week we're asking if technology can help your mental health. |
| 1:07.6 | We look at the issues and want to hear from you. |
| 1:10.1 | More about that in a moment. Also, on |
| 1:12.4 | today's edition, we report on a new audio system for cars which changes the sound of music as you |
| 1:18.1 | drive. I believe the value of music is unlocked because now there's this ultra-dimension |
| 1:24.6 | to when you are experiencing a song. |
| 1:27.9 | And a moisturised and exfoliated tech-life colleague delves into beauty tech to see what the future holds. |
| 1:34.7 | Hopefully it won't involve wrinkles. Today we want to talk about mental health and ask the question if tech can help keep you in check. |
| 2:00.2 | No one wants to face a mental health problem alone |
| 2:02.5 | and sometimes speaking to someone face-to-face can be daunting. So would you reach out for online therapy? |
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