How Digitalization affects your Physical Health and what to do about it
Digital Damage Control
Talking about how Digital Devices affect your Physical Health and giving tips on how you can prevent tech related health issues or treat them. (If the pain is severe, please visit a medical professional.)
| Timestamps |
Intro 00:00 What is digitalization? 00:15 Why is it important to look at health affects caused by digitalization? 00:51 Which categories I focus on 02:17 Category 1 - Smartphones 02:59 Category 2 - PC's 06:16 Category 3 - Headphones 08:42 What did we learn? 11:51 Disclaimer 12:22 Outro 12:36
| Most important sources |
Definitions of Digitalization https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbloomberg/2018/04/29/digitization-digitalization-and-digital-transformation-confuse-them-at-your-peril/
Information on CERN & Birth of Internet https://home.cern/about https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web
Global digital population & Internet penetration rate https://www.statista.com/statistics/617136/digital-population-worldwide/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/269329/penetration-rate-of-the-internet-by-region/
Travel restrictions worldwide https://www.kayak.com/travel-restrictions
Eye Fatigue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGnRcX53XBQ (Doctor Mike)
Accidents caused by cellphone use https://www.nsc.org/road-safety/safety-topics/distracted-driving/underreported http://www.aaa.com/DontDriveDistracted/
How big of a distraction is your phone when driving http://unews.utah.edu/up-to-27-seconds-of-inattention-after-talking-to-your-car-or-smart-phone/
Mere presence of one's phone causes lack of attention https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/691462
How hearing damage is determined https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/parents/too-loud-too-long
Headphone Hygiene https://www.entandallergy.com/blog-posts/details/is-it-just-me-or-is-wearing-headphones-all-day-making-my-ears-super-waxy
ANC Side Effects https://www.techradar.com/news/audio/portable-audio/do-noise-cancelling-headphones-make-you-sick-230872 https://www.headphonesty.com/2020/09/are-noise-canceling-headphones-safe/
| Changes & Mistakes |
- Global digital population updated to January 2021, mentioned number stays the same
- Internet penetration rate updated to January 2021, North Europe now 96 percent & East Asia now 68 percent
- Place your Display 50-70 cm (about 20-28 inches) away from your face, I said 50 to 70 percent
- The correct spelling is “matte display” not “matt display”
- It’s called Ear Canal and not Ear Channel
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