IDG Contributor Network: Thanksgiving gratitude: Seeing the good in mobile

Search “mobile zombies” on the web and you’ll find upwards of 25 million hits, a good majority of which are articles, memes and blogs complaining about the continued uprising of the new zombie apocalypse (a generation of humans so attached to the screens of their mobile devices that they barely register a heartbeat). Studies have cropped up over the last few years that delve deeply into the impact of mobile devices on the physical and mental health of individuals who have more of a relationship with their mobile phone than other humans. You’ll also find photo portfolios of groups of people together -- separately looking at their phones instead of each other -- as well as art projects highlighting the absurd ways in which we live with our new, constant (mobile) companions.

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