Cell phones have become big business since the early days of The Motorola DynaTAC handset in the early 80s-90s, even then it was a symbol of power and envy. Thinking back to my very first Christmas after moving to Canada, about 19 years ago, I received a toy version of this cell phone and happily pretended I was calling my friends as I pressed the number keys while hearing the satisfying sounds of dialing. It would take at least 13 years before I got a real cellphone, when I was in my before last year of cegep. My youngest brother had his first cellphone at the age of 7. That's enough to indicate the evolution of the industry in a short period of time. Cell phones have become ubiquitous objects and have imbeded themselves into our culture and society, to the point where functioning in society without a cell phone is to not be able to keep up with it. Since owning my first cell phone, I truly saw how efficient it was and how it allowed me to connect with anyone at any time whenever I needed to or wanted to. I got used to having a cell phone until I was forced to not have one anymore about a year ago. Since then I've felt like a snail running against a cheetah. Depending on land lines at home or in public is tedious as that particular service isn't as refined as the system of cell phones. However no one can say that it is a perfect system. Many people struggle with cell phone bills and go will go through an important number of cell phones in a lifetime due to their obsolete nature and ever growing technologies. Not to mention the possible long-term effects the radiation from the cellphones we use have on our brain due to the very close proximity and lengthy use. It is a form of blind faith to assume that such an object as a cell phone can have no real negative effects on our brain, but a study done at Lund University in Sweden in 2004, clearly showed negative effects of 2 hours of exposure to cell phone radiation on a rat brain.
We can only imagine why there wouldn't be more studies of this kind considering the immense role they play in our lives at that young children are also intruiged by the sheen and brilliance of cell phone ad campaigns.
