The movie Wall-E shows many fascinating technologies such as automatic chairs and holograms, but have you noticed the effects this technology has had on humanity ? When you first see Wall-e's round, chubby humans, your first instinct was probably to laugh. But once we really think about it, that future could soon become ours. Although most technologies are very useful and convenient, our dependence on them can reduce our ability to concentrate, diminish our soft skills, and harm our physical health, as Wall-E shows. The Pew Research Center focuses on technology-related items and conducted a survey. for 2,462 teachers. Ninety percent of these teachers believed that technology made their students easier to distract and shorten their attention span. A Huffington Post article mentioned a study that showed students couldn't concentrate on their homework for more than two minutes before having to look at an electronic device like their phone or television. The Kaiser Family Foundation found that about half of students ages eight to eighteen do their homework using an electronic device. Technology has affected our concentration so much that we can't even focus on the little things for too long. Studies have even shown that people who use the Internet at work change tabs or check their emails around thirty-seven times per hour! All this multitasking can make us more distracted. Sometimes we can even be distracted by the people around us. A study by Stanford found that when children spend more time with their technology instead of using it to communicate face-to-face, their social skills may decline. A Stanford University professor, Clifford Nas...... middle of article ......rain.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26 /health/26teen. html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/world/europe/21iht-letter21.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/teens-on-screens_n_4101758.html http http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/7/32082-are-we-losing-our-ability-to-think-critically/fulltext http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01 /education/technology-change-how-students-learn-teachers-say.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/education/20wired .html?action=click&module =Search®ion=searchResults%230&version=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fsearch%2Fsitesearch%2F%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSearchSubmit %26contentCollection%3DHomepage%26t %3Dqry409%23%2Ftechnology+use+in+the+last+ten+years http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html http://www. .theculturecookie.com/585/