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04th Apr 2017

This new gadget will PAUSE the internet so you can live offline whenever you like

Katie Mythen-Lynch

Do you find yourself endlessly scrolling through videos when you should be sleeping? Are you reading work emails when you should be having sex?

If so, a new gadget could help you regain control of your life (before the internet takes over completely).

Google Wi Fi allows users to schedule specific times when they would like internet use to be banned completely in specific rooms in their homes.

The system, which also finds the fastest speeds for downloads and helps connect visitors to your wifi fast, works via an app, through which you can schedule a wifi pause.

Many fans cut off the internet after a certain time of night so they’re not tempted to browse themselves to sleep instead of reading a book (or spending quality time with their partner).

Parents use it to programme in their children’s bedtimes so there’s no danger of exhausted students chatting the night away with their mates and it’s also been hailed a success by students, who find cutting off access to the internet during certain parts of the weekend helps them study.

Fans are reporting that limiting their internet access leaves them happier and more rested in the morning.

We think it might just be the future.