By Tarunkumar G. Singhal | Raman Jokhakar Chartered Accountants
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In a world where handheld smart devices are ubiquitous and life without them is unimaginable, one is wont to overlook the health-related side effects of such technology. Smartphones, tablets and e-readers increasingly come with bluer and brighter screens that impact the body’s ability to produce sleep inducing hormones. i n other words, if you are one of those people who surf on their smart devices late into the night, unable to get a wink of sleep, you may have your favourite toy to blame. But fear not 21st century insomniacs, help is at hand. a ll that one needs to get a good night’s sleep is for a ‘bed mode’ to be built into your smart devices.
This would simply involve making sure that smartphones and tablets shift from blue and green light emissions to yellow and red. t his in turn would ensure that one’s body is able to produce the natural amount of melatonin to bring on the sweet release of sleep. But isn’t technology supposed to make our lives easier rather than raise anxiety about health issues? too much typing on your smartphone can give you text claw. excessive exposure to Wi-Fi through devices such as laptops can lower men’s chances of becoming fathers. and social media addiction can actually make you more lonely and sad.
That said, it’s ridiculous to suggest that the tech genie be put back into the bottle. The solution to tech side- effects may be more tech. With concepts such as internet of t hings, our lives and physical surroundings are set to get increasingly wired. move over, smartphone – we could soon be living in houses that are fully automated, from smart bathroom showers to beds that hook into our sleeping patterns to maximise quality of life. however, such tech needs to be safe, necessitating constant evolution of smart devices. a nd that’s the t ech-22 situation we face.
