Smartphone Age in Greystones, Wearable Safety Device, and AI Cafe in Sweden
Quick Look
- A community in Greystones, Ireland, voluntarily agrees to delay smartphone ownership until secondary school age.
- The program also covers a wearable safety device inspired by a late-night attack survivor and an AI-run cafe in Sweden.
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Why It Matters
The program discusses a voluntary agreement in Greystones, Ireland, for children to wait until secondary school age before getting a smartphone.
What is a good age to give a child a smartphone? A community in Ireland might have the answer. In Greystones there's a voluntary agreement to wait until secondary school age. We hear from the school principal who leads the "It Takes A Village" initiative, and a local parent. Also this week: a woman tells Shiona McCallum how surviving a late-night attack inspired her to develop a wearable safety device. And AI was let loose to run a cafe in Sweden. Find out what happened next. Presenter: Shiona McCallum Producer: Tom Quinn (Photo: A small group of boys and girls look at their smartphones. Credit: Getty Images)
Open Questions
- What were the specific challenges of the AI-run cafe?
- What are the details of the wearable safety device?
- What are the long-term effects of the Greystones initiative?
