Portable Devices Effect On Everyday Lives
By: Chen A.
Introduction
What is a Portable Device?
A Portable device is any device that can be carried easily.
It is a small component of computing gadgets designed to be
carried and used by hands. A Portable device may also be called
a handle device or mobile device. Portable device are particularly
battery powered devices.Portable devices are becoming progressively
an important part of computing technology as devices like laptops,
smartphones, and GPS are potentially increasing.
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Smart Phones
Too Much is Too Bad..!
Ever wondered how smartphones affect our lives?
High technologies and smartphones have become an essential part of our lives.
Thanks to smartphones, now everyone has many ways to communicate. Smartphones have
reshaped our lifestyles, ways of shopping and ways of working. Smartphones
connect people from country-to-country across the globe and allows people to
capture memorable moments, listen to music, to be updated to news, and especially
for emergencies. But there is one question that experts have been asking-
How is smartphones affecting our mental health? Use of
smartphones can become an addiction that can affect one's mental and physical
health.
An increase of use in wireless devices has
raised concerns about mobile radiation and its effect on the health. Studies have
shown that the overuse of cellphones can destruct the cells in human health.
Electromagnetic radiation that is released by mobile can cause cells in human body
to heat up and it can be damage overtime. Too much use of mobile phones may lead to
physical harm like direct brain warming after using phone for too long, tumors,
memory impairment, brain damage, fetus damage, and cancer. However; the negative
effects of spending too much on smartphones are not always immediately visible.
Smartphones has been known to cause stress, isolation and is associated with some
common mental health disorder. Mostly teens or students are the one who are very
addicted to cell phones. Cell phones does not only affect teens mental health but
also their studies. Smartphones sometimes make students mark lower because they
focus more on being updated to everything on social media than prioritizing their
studies.
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Smartphones does really connect people from
far away but addiction to smartphones can separate us from our friends and families.
Many people cannot even survive 24 hours without their cell phone. People who are
addicted to their phones even sleep right next to them or take their smartphones
to the bathroom.
Signs of Addiction:
- Checking phone at regular moments for no reason
- Losing the phone makes one anxious or restless
- Increased dependence on phones
- Physical symptoms; blurring eye and text neck
- Choose to use phones rather than interacting socially
- Smartphones encourage Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
- Contributes to sleep issues
Smartphones are common and there is no way to get rid of it and no living without it.
Smartphones are already part of our lives. Instead of totally avoiding the use of
phone, one can be more be careful and know the time consumes of when and where to use
smartphones
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CHALLENGE: After school when you get home, leave your phone anywhere in your house where
you cannot access it easily, a place that is far from you when you are doing your homework, and do
it for 2 hours. Try not holding or touching your phone for 2 hours.
Laptop
It is said that inventions change the way we live..!
Computers and Laptops are commonly used in many fields in our world.
These devices have demonstrate to be important and essential especially to people who manage large businesses,
organizations and industries. As we see today, laptops serve as "personal digital assistant" in the literal sense
of term. Computers have affected our lives in great way, almost everything now is run and powered by computers.
For example, space exploration devices and machines are designed by the use of computers. One of the major impacts
of computer is communication. The level of communication have expanded through computers as now everyone can be
connected to their families and friends all around the world. Big business companies also use computers during business
deals, conference and meetings. Nonetheless, the film industries will not be successful as it is now if it is
not because of computers. You may and may not believe it but our world is now run by technology and computers.
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Top 7 uses of computers:
Education
Business
Hospitals Computer
Banking
Government Office
Home
Marketing
Schools, Colleges, and Universities around the world uses computer to teach students
digitally and visually. The use of computers in a classroom makes the students brain to explore creativity and imagination.
The use of Power Point presentation, Prezi, Microsoft and etc. are very useful for students to learn more and expand their knowledge.
Through computers small classrooms, digital classrooms, and smart classrooms are created so people can communicate wheter they are
at school or not. Everyone knows that Education is the most important in our life. Computers have impacted
our education system, students now are also allowed to take classes online (ex. Summer school or get Tutored). To become more
educated people now use computers to be skillful and this is one of the benefits of computers in our daily life.
Business around the world are powered by computers. With a computer that has an internet one can
start a business, run the business and manage the business by using computers. Google, Facebook, Amazon and etc. are websites that
are run by computers. In early 1822, when the first computer was inventd by Charles Babbage, the computer does not even resemble the
computer we have today. The computer was only designed to control the business system but today everything is control and run by
computers. Business and conpanies now use computers for advertising, marketing, business planing and recording data.
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