The movie Wall-E shows many exciting technologies such as automatic chairs and holograms, but have you noticed the effects this technology has had on humanity? When you first see the round, chubby humans in Wall-e, your first instinct was probably to laugh. Once you really think about it, though, that future could soon become ours. While most technology is very useful and convenient, our dependence on it can reduce our ability to concentrate, diminish people's abilities, and worsen physical health, as illustrated in Wall-E. The Pew Research Center focuses on technology-related aspects and conducted a survey of 2,462 teachers. 90% of these teachers believed that technology was causing their students to be more easily distracted with shorter attention spans. An article in the Huffington Post mentioned a study that showed students couldn't focus on homework for more than two minutes before having to look at some type of electronic device like the phone or television. The Kaiser Family Foundation found that about half of students between the ages of eight and eighteen do their homework using some type of electronic device. Technology has affected our attention 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 email approximately thirty-seven times an hour! All this multitasking can make us more distracted. Sometimes we can even get distracted by the people around us. A study conducted by Stanford stated that when children spend more time with technology instead of using that time for face-to-face communication, their social skills may decline. A professor from Stanford University, Clifford Nas...... middle of paper ......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 ://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2009/7/32082-are-we-losing-our-ability-to-think-critical/fulltext http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/ education/technology-is-changing-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%2Fus+technology+in+the+last+ten+years http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html http://www.theculturecookie.com/585/