Imapcts of Electronic Devices on Human Life

Impacts of Gadgets

As we are living in a world that is under aggressive development, more and more devices are coming into our lives. Technology has become an integral part of our lives. People rely on devices for communication, research, employment, etc. But in this whole story, our new or youngerly generation is more attached to devices as compared to our old generation. They get manipulated into advanced gadgets or devices. These devices had made our lives much easier but there are always two sides of the mirror. If these devices are used excessively it has some negative impacts on our lives i-e can cause mental and physical damage to a human body. In this article, we shall go through some positive as well as negative impacts of electronic devices in our lives.

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• Positive sides

If we see its positive side than it would not be wrong to say that electronic devices have made our lives easier to a great extent. They are charm to our work. Some of the newly invented devices are Wireless Earbud, Makerbot Replicator, Nest Thermostat, Fitbit, etc. Some of the positive impacts are as follow

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• Improves Communication
• Promote Efficiency
• Improve Home and Office security
• Increase of Knowledge 
• Improve cognitive skills 

These devices play an important part in our lives.

• Negative sides

As we know there are always two sides of a mirror. These devices when excessively used can be harmful. According to research that states in the early 5 years in the life of a child he is under social and emotional development. If he or she is exposed to the screen for more than 2 hours a day then it is bad for his or her initial development. Child is likely to become over-weight in many cases and can face vision problems. A long usage may cause problems like bad posture. Below we go through bad impacts of electronic devices on human life 

• cause backaches, neck and shoulder strain
• Sleep problems 
• Emotional problems
• Headache
• stress 
• poor sleep 
• Obesity
• Bad immunity
• Insomnia
• Anxiety and depression

According to AOA (American Optometric Association), the prolonged usage of devices may cause Digital eye strain or computer vision syndrome. it is the problem or disease that may cause eye discomfort or temporary vision problems but this can be treated if we limit the usage of screen.

Every Electronic device that we use in our daily life from a mobile phone in our pocket to security cameras in our office or house produces electromagnetic radiation. Its impact depends upon the number or quantity of radiations produced by the devices. Low-frequency radiations have less or no impact on the human body. In case to work in High-frequency radiation areas precautionary measures should be taken. Almost every person in this universe uses laptops for his office work or maybe for entertainment purposes but worse impacts can not be ignored if it is placed in the lap, the heat generated from the laptops may cause infertility in both men and women.

Watching Television is a good habit because in this way we came to know about many things happening on the other side of the universe but the violence shown in some movies or dramas should not be exposed to children Because children replicate what they see.

A study in 2017 shows that the teen who spends most of the time in front of the screen using social media apps are socially isolated as three times as teen who are not involved or less involved in social media.  

Things to do to Avoid the Worse Effects

As we have gone through some of the adverse effects of electronic devices on human health, here are some precautions to avoid them 

• Do Research on the devices before buying it
• Decide for timing to expose yourself to the screen
• Look out for other people reviews before buying it
• Engage yourself in other physical activities
• Turn off wireless connectivity when not in use because it exposes you to electromagnetic fields
• Avoid phone calls when the battery of your phone is Low
• Never communicate when signals of your device are poor because in this situation devices emit strong radiations

Conclusion

As there are two sides of a coin, the electronic devices have both good and bad impacts on our lives. We can not ignore its usage that how much these devices have made our lives easier. But we can limit its adverse effects if we take precautions. These devices can not be ignored nor its bad impacts. But if we limit our usage and keep a balance in its usage and physical activities we can live a happy and healthy life.