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The first cell phone was created 43 years ago, and within those years humans have become lazier and more dependent on their cell phones. People of all ages are starting to use cell phones more than ever and are becoming dependent on it, which is making us lazier. Younger people are so attached to their cell phone they more likely to disrupt and cancel physical activity for it. They are also starting to use their phone when they should be learning or socializing. This is becoming a social problem…

The Negative Impacts of Mobile Phones How many people would volunteer to give up their cellphones for even one day? Very few people today would be willing to make this seemingly minor sacrifice. Just look around in any crowded public place, and a frenzy of mobile phone interaction can be observed. A flurry of activity can be seen including taking selfies, texting, or simply scrolling through social media; it is easy to see the intimate relationship people have with their cellular devices.…

The company, IBM, created the first smartphone and named it the Simon Personal Communicator (SPC). This device was the start of a fast growing network of people, things, and ideas. Although the SPC was extraordinary when it came out, the smartphones from the 21st century are more advanced than the SPC’s potential could ever reach. It has been a productive and efficient factor in being able to connect people through a touch of a button. Smartphones have caused a great way to communicate, but have…

Jeanese Murdock Splint Wearing Reflection Paper Over a period of the first two days I wore my splint for six hours. First in the setting of driving and community mobility which was an hour. While at home I wore it for another 2 hours while doing ADLs and IADLs. Also, I participated in the leisure setting for 3 hours. I was only able to sleep in it for two hours. Saturday morning I wore the splint for three and a half hours deer hunting. I must say that the splint was comfortable, but it…

Smart phone is a mobile phone with advanced software function (Pitichat, 2013). It has become one of the most popular and essential communication technology for personal and work use of people’s daily life. This is because it provides very advanced facilities for users such as: internet camera applications, sending e-mail, Bluetooth, playing games, YouTube, and television (Pitichat 2013).There are varieties of smartphones such as iPhone, Blackberry and Android. They are small in size, portable…

Advances in cell phone technology can save time and help people stay in close contact with one another. Cellphones were originally marketed mainly to business executives as car phones, but their use in the car has become a matter for public concern and debate. Statistics shows that texting while driving has increased over the last decade, as the annual total of text messages surged from 57 billion in 2005 to 1.8 trillion in 2010. Research done by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute shows…

users aren 't even aware that no state or federal laws stops the collection and sharing of phone data. Service providers usually collect data, and never really tell their customers why they are collecting data. Major Smartphone providers such as T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon and other smartphone providers have data retention policies. Which means that users can 't really do anything to stop smartphone providers from collecting data from their phones. On the other hand, most smartphone user should be…

“The average person spends 97 minutes a day texting, 118 minutes searching the Internet, 41 minutes on Facebook, 49 minutes e-mailing, and 51 minutes talking on their cell phone” (Junco & Cotton 2012). The accessibility to information and communication justifies the amount of time people are spending on their phones to a certain extent. Individuals with regular cell phones do not have an easy access to Internet and social media; the statistics involving smart phones are more relevant to this…

Although laws have been passed to prevent drivers from texting, the people look over them and continue to put themselves at risk for accidents. In the article “driving us to distraction” written by Gilbert Cruz, the senior editor at TIME.com, writes that a national survey from 2008 revealed that approximately 63% of drivers planned to follow through with laws against using cell phones while driving (Par 8). Drivers very clearly are distracted while using their cell phones. The use of cell…

Information Overload The internet has become a global resource for all things. It is now commonplace as we use it everyday. We are wholly reliant on it for social networking, communication, directions, news source, marketing, entertainment and the list continues. The internet holds the answers to everything that we want to know. But what cost is this having on the way that we think and recall information on our own? Is the internet actually making us mindless? Even though the internet may…