Downsides of Too Much Tech

Quick Response codes, used to share information, could become antiquated before they catch on, with complaints that the codes are too Byzantine for too little reward.

Using your cell may seem like an innocuous act, but research has shown that, by fulfilling the fundamental need to connect with others, it naturally reduces our inclination to feel empathy or engage in helping behavior.

Hikers are increasingly hitting the trails with devices capable of sending out distress calls, but a liability to the technology has arisen as the inexperienced tend to over rely on it, and in many cases cry wolf.

"iPod oblivion" is a near trance-like state people can apparently enter while using mobile phones, MP3 players or electronic personal organisers.

Recent research suggests that 1% of papers published in academic journals are strikingly similar to papers already published, leading to a growing concern about the rise of scientific plagiarism.

Headphones or earbuds are becoming common in the workplace. They allow people to tune out their co-workers all day long. But in many cases, those same co-workers are still communicating — online.