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For the love of everything teenie-bopper and annoying, why would anyone even think of taking away a teenager’s mobile phone? Well, aside from silencing the incessant yapping and monthly-bill-destroying SMS text messaging, it seems that government officials of Karnataka, India have deemed “”prolonged use of [handsets] by teenagers” dangerous to their health.
The Indian state has outlawed the use and even sale of mobile phones by teenagers 16 years of age and younger. Apparently, there are some medical experts that think mobile phones could somehow adversely affect a growing kids (brain) development. What could make them think such a thing?
[Via: Engadget Mobile]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
