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Technology Abuse: A Real Friend But . Inconsiderate, Annoying Discourteous and Stupid in Public Places

The document discusses the health hazards and social issues related to excessive cell phone use. It summarizes laws around technology abuse and outlines sections of the IT Act related to sending offensive messages, violating privacy, and transmitting obscene content. It then details various health effects like increased head temperature, effects on brain waves and blood brain barrier, and risks like acoustic neuroma. Social problems involving inattention blindness and accidents from distracted use in public are also covered. Finally, the document provides safety precautions and measures to curb cell phone abuse.

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Technology Abuse: A Real Friend But . Inconsiderate, Annoying Discourteous and Stupid in Public Places

The document discusses the health hazards and social issues related to excessive cell phone use. It summarizes laws around technology abuse and outlines sections of the IT Act related to sending offensive messages, violating privacy, and transmitting obscene content. It then details various health effects like increased head temperature, effects on brain waves and blood brain barrier, and risks like acoustic neuroma. Social problems involving inattention blindness and accidents from distracted use in public are also covered. Finally, the document provides safety precautions and measures to curb cell phone abuse.

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Technology

ABUSE

A Real Friend but .


inconsiderate, annoying
discourteous and stupid in
public places

IT Act 2008
Computer Related Offences
If any person, dishonestly, or
fraudulently, does any act referred to
in section 43, he shall be punishable
with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to two three years or with
fine which may extend to five lakh
rupees or with both.

IT Act Section 66 A
Punishment for sending offensive
messages through communication
service, etc.
any electronic mail or electronic mail
message for the purpose of causing
annoyance or inconvenience or to
deceive or to mislead the addressee or
recipient about the origin of such
messages.

IT Act Section 66 E
Punishment for violation of privacy.
Whoever, intentionally or knowingly
captures, publishes or transmits the image
of a private area of any person without his
or her consent, under circumstances
violating the privacy of that person, shall
be punished with imprisonment which
may extend to three years or with fine not
exceeding two lakh rupees, or with both

IT Act Section 67
Punishment for publishing or
transmitting obscene material in
electronic form
Whoever publishes or transmits or
causes to be published in the electronic
form, any material which is lascivious or
appeals to the prurient interest or if its
effect is such as to tend to deprave and
corrupt persons.

CELL PHONES
Perry Long invented First Cell phone
in 1940.
The first fully automatic mobile phone
system, called MTA (Mobile
Telephone system A), was developed
by Ericsson and commercially
released in Sweden in 1956

Mobile Phone
The Global System for
Mobile Communication
(GSM) and the Code
Division Multiple Access
(CDMA) Systems are digital
mobile phone services.

The system consist of a


Base station antenna
which communicates with
the mobile phones through
Radio Frequency (RF)
transmission.

The mobile phone system


is referred to as cellular
telephone system
because the coverage
area is divided into cells
each of which has a base
station antenna.

Electromagnetic spectrum

Mobile Phone Terminology

URL Universal Resource Locator


iPod intelligent Portable occular device
MPEG Moving Picture Expert Group
MP3 Moving Picture 3( Audio layer 3)
Wi-Fi Brand name of Wi-Fi AllianceWLAN
Blue tooth Open wireless protocol

GPS Global Positioning System


GPRS General Packet Radio
Service - Blackberry system
VoIP Phone Voice over Internet
Protocol
Most common type is Skype

HEALTH HAZARDS
Mobile phones uses electromagnetic
radiation in the microwave range
Part of the radio wave emitted by the
mobile phone handset will be
absorbed by the head
The radiation from a standard GSM
handset has a peak output power of
2watts

Mobile Radiation

SAR
The rate at which human body
absorbs radiation is known as
Specific Absorption Rate
Maximum level of SAR is set as 2
w/kg averaged over a volume of 1
gm tissue for the head

THERMAL EFFECT
Microwave causes dielectric heating
Human tissue is rich in water and
exhibit dielectric property(+ and ve
ions)
Living tissue heat up through the
rotation of polar molecules such as
water
Friction causes heating of tissue

Thermal effect
Thermographic images Before and After
15 minutes of cell phone use
Red and yellow patches- Heated tissues

Head is in the near field of


radiation, so that most of the heating
effect occurs in the head
Temperature in the internal ear, brain
increases 1 degree or more
This adversely affect the functioning
of these organs since these have fluid
filled cavities

Blood-Brain Barrier
The blood vessels in the brain and
the surrounding tissue forms the BBB
that can easily dispose heat
But prolonged heating effect can alter
brain functions and hearing ability

Blood brain barrier

Thermal effects
Burning sensation in the Scalp and
Ear pinna
Mood alteration and lack of
concentration
Lethargy and lack of sleep
Whistling sound in the ear

Premature Cataract- Cornea of eye


lacks blood supply and heat cannot
be disposed
Confusion and loss of memory since
the microwaves interfere with the
mood controlling brainwaves
Alters sleep physiology and biological
rhythm by changing the level of
Dopamine, Serotonin hormones

Human Eye

Non Thermal Effects


Increased cellular responses
Leakage of Albumin from
blood into the brain due to
increased permeability of BBB

Non thermal effects

Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
Unspecific symptoms during and
after the use of cell phone.
Tingling sensation, fatigue,
dizziness, loss of mental
attention, reduction in reaction
time, memory retentiveness,
tachycardia etc.

Hearing impairments
Heating effect in the fluid of internal
ear
Piercing sound from the speaker
causes irritability in the ear drum and
internal sensory cells of ear
Human ear is highly sensitive to
waves between 1000 and 6000 Hz

Human Ear

Genotoxic effect
Reduction in reproductive capacity
DNA fragmentation
Boosted rate of cell division

Acoustic Neuroma

Begnin brain tumor


Meningioma
Glioma
One hour use of Mobile phone per
day can increase the tumor risk
after 10 years

Acoustic Neuroma

Sleep and EEG Effects


Brain waves such as alpha
beta ,delta waves will be
affected when exposed to
pulsed radiations

Brain waves

Microwave Auditory Effect


Clicks and Buzzing sound in the head
Microwave induces electric current in
the hearing centre of the brain and
causes Auditory illusion
This may happen if music is heard
using ear phone or Bluetooth for long
time

Internal hearing sensors

The human ear has a peak sensitivity


of 3000 Hz, which causes a sense of
unease. Alarms and Mobile ring tones
are designed to sound at 3000 Hz.
The ear has a very low threshold of
hearing for 3000 Hz. A sound of this
frequency is very penetrating.

After Call Symptoms

Burning sensation in the ear pinna


Irritation in the scalp
Confusion
Lethargy
Auditory illusion

Social Problems
Mobile Phone in public places
creates social problems also.
1.In attention blindness
2.Caller Hegemony
3.Cognitive load
4.Accidents
5.e-waste

Inattention blindness
Cell phone use in social situations
may result in overload.
Local interaction and remote
interaction demands certain attention
Cell phone use in public places
makes the user blind to local cues
due to cognitive overload

Cell phone use in public places


reduce the reaction time to events
around the user
Reduced attention to local situation
may disturb others since the user is
not attending the social situation
Use of Mobile phones in gatherings,
meetings, entertainment places etc
disturb others through inattention
blindness

Accidents
Mobile phone use while driving may
cause accidents due to inattention
blindness and cognitive load
Cell phone conversation distracts the
drivers attention, increase reaction
time, and reduce visual field attention
Cognitive load raises above visual
sensation and diverts attention

Reaction to and memory of visual


inputs while driving will drastically
reduce if the cognitive load
increases.
The same negative effects may
also happens if the driver uses a
hands free phone.

e-waste

Psychological problems
NoMophobia ( No Mobile phobia
When we run out of credit or
battery, lose of phone or are in an
area with no reception, being
phoneless can bring a panic
symptom referred to as NoMo
Phobia or No Mobile phobia

Ringxiety- Ringtone anxiety


Term introduced by David Laramie
California
Ringxiety is the sensation and false belief
that one can hear his or her mobile phone
ringing or fell it vibrating.
Humans are sensitive to auditory tones
between 1000 and 6000 Hz. The ring tone
frequency falls with in this range

Ringxiety

Precautions

Do not use mobile phone more than


15 minutes per day
Do not allow others to click photos
without your permission
Do not reply to sms(short messaging
service) and mms(multimedia
messaging service)from strangers

Do not send obscene text or images


though mms
Do not give your numbers to
strangers while chatting online
Do not keep the Bluetooth open to all
Do not give mobile to unauthorized
service centre to avoid Cloning
Use security pin code to avoid misuse

Use mobile phone only for


communication
Avoid using it in public places,
hospitals, trains, buses etc for
long time.

Do not hear mobile music for long


time. It will create auditory illusion
Remove irritant ringtones and
replace it with soft standard ring
tones
Switch off mobile in silent zones.

Do not share your photos to strangers


to avoid misuse such as Morphing
Do not keep the mobile in bedside
while sleeping. It will alter your sleep
physiology
Consider Mobile phones similar to
your land phone. So that you will use
it only for communication

Chat Rooms

Take extreme care during online chatting


and browsing blogs and web pages like
Orkut. Hackers are waiting for you
Do not reply to anonymous messages and
do not give mail ID or full address in such
web pages
Use a genderless login name
Frequently change passwords

Safety Measures

Do not use mobile Phone


while it is plugged in

Safety Measures
Do not use mobile phones
when there is lightning

Safety Measures
Do not use Mobile phone near
Petrol outlet

Safety Measures
Do not use Mobile phone near
LPG gas cylinder

Safety Measures
Do not keep mobile phone
close to body while sleeping
Its radiation will alter your
biorhythms and sleep
physiology

Cell phone abuse is a world


wide epidemic which is now
affecting millions of men
,women and children
especially teen age students

To the cell phone abusers we


say ..
Try a little cell phone
courtesy. and do not burden
others with your pseudo social
behavior.

On behalf of the millions of


us who suffer cell phone
abuse everyday

Thank you

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