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Rooting [1] is the process by which users of Android devices can attain privileged control (known as root access) over various subsystems of the device, usually smartphones and tablets. Because Android is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel , rooting an Android device gives similar access to administrative ( superuser ) permissions ...
Champions of Childhood doesn't want to take away smartphones, but to manage them better for kids' mental health -- a worthy goal. Grassroots group's focus on smartphones and mental health is admirable
The antennas contained in mobile phones, including smartphones, emit radiofrequency (RF) radiation (non-ionizing "radio waves" such as microwaves); the parts of the head or body nearest to the antenna can absorb this energy and convert it to heat or to synchronised molecular vibrations (the term 'heat', properly applies only to disordered molecular motion).
The effect on kids is even more profound: A study from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group in San Francisco, found that among kids ages 11-17, smartphones are a “constant companion” and that ...
Forms of technology addiction have been considered as diagnoses since the mid 1990s. [3] In current research on the adverse consequences of technology overuse, "mobile phone overuse" has been proposed as a subset of forms of "digital addiction" or "digital dependence", reflecting increasing trends of compulsive behavior among users of technological devices. [4]
Prince Harry and author Jonathan Haidt discussed the harmful effects smartphones and social media have on today's youth Prince Harry Says Smartphones Are 'Stealing Young People's Childhood' in New ...
"We are worried about the impact that smartphones are having on our kids." The couple have three children, 15, 12 and eight years old - similar ages to that of the Year 8 pupils in the programme.
[2] [3]) Cell phones may interfere with sensitive medical devices. Questions concerning mobile phone radiation and health have been raised. Human interface with device: Screens and keyboards tend to be small, which may make them hard to use. Alternate input methods such as speech or handwriting recognition require training.