According to a study commissioned by TollFreeForwarding, excessive use of technology can lead to abnormalities. Researchers worked with a 3D designer to produce images of a "future human" with physical problems brought on by regular technological use. Scientists gave the 3D model the moniker "Mindy."

As reported first by Interesting Engineering, the team examined scientific studies and professional viewpoints on the subject, focusing on the detrimental impacts technology can have on the human body, particularly over an extended length of time.

The image's design was inspired by the frequent use of laptops, smartphones, and other technological devices. 

A Bent Back in the Future

According to the researchers, Mindy would eventually develop a bent back. This resulted from people using modern technology devices excessively, which changed the way they stood and sat. 

They claim that looking down at a smartphone or up at a computer screen all the time could cause tension on various body components, causing an arched back and spinal misalignment.

"Spending hours looking down at your phone strains your neck and throws your spine off balance. Consequently, the muscles in your neck have to expend extra effort to support your head," Caleb Backe, a health and wellness expert at Maple Holistics, said in a statement. 

Additionally, he noted how long periods spent in front of a computer can cause the torso to pull away from the hips rather than remain vertically straight.

Text Claw

The cubital tunnel syndrome, also known as "text claw," which is a nerve disorder in the elbow that causes numbness in the fingers, is another feature of the 3D image that can be seen as a result of prolonged usage of a smartphone. 

This new term was developed to describe how using a smartphone all the time causes the hand to permanently adopt a claw-like structure. 

Dr. Nikola Djordjevic, a doctor and co-founder of Med Alert Help, also claimed that the way we hold our phones might put a strain on specific points of contact, leading to "text claw" because the internet is already easily accessible "in our hands."

The excessive use of technology in the future may also result in humans having elbows that are 90 degrees. This theory is an extension of the text claw and cubital tunnel syndrome explanations, which both link frequent smartphone use to these symptoms. 

According to Djordjevic, the ulnar nerve, which runs in a groove on the inside of the elbow, is compressed or stretched, causing physical alteration. 

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Stronger Skull, Second Eyelids

The study further claimed that future humans would have stronger skulls to shield their brains from radiation from smartphones and second eyelids to protect their eyes from strain and an excess of blue light from screen exposure.  

"Humans may develop a larger inner eyelid to prevent exposure to excessive light, or the lens of the eye may be evolutionarily developed such that it blocks incoming blue light but not other high wavelength lights like green, yellow or red," Kasun Ratnayake, a researcher at the University of Toledo, said in a statement. 

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Written by Jace Dela Cruz