5 commonly believed myths about technology BUSTED.

Modern technology is like an inevitable part of our daily life, and some of us can't just live without it. Since technology has great influence in our society, there has been a lot of myths which many believe but are not true. In this article I would be talking about the 5 most common ones.

1. Mobile signal:
   Many of us believe that the more bars we have on the our mobile device means we have more signal. That is false, because the mobile signal bar shows mainly how close you are to the nearest signal tower.

2. Battery life:
   The myth that recharging your mobile device, laptop, gaming devices, digital camera when the battery is not completely drained will ruin it. Well this is false because it only happens with older batteries because they have a memory of the last charge and could limit its capacity. Meanwhile modern devices used lithum ion batteries, and it doesn't have the said memory.

3. Using your cellphone at a gas station:
   This myth is widely believed because we see these sign every time we go to the gas station. I hate to bust your bubble but it is indeed false. Use of cellular phones at gas stations will not ignite a fire or cause an explosion. The principle issue is therefore one of potential customer distraction when refuelling and speaking on a cell phone at the same time. Cellular phones can be distracting when filling a vehicle with highly flammable gasoline. That is why some gas stations still have signs asking customers not to use these devices when refuelling. A substantiated gas station hazard relevant to the general public is fires caused by body static (Electrostatic Discharge). Numerous instances of this little known problem have resulted in static-initiated fires, and are the real culprit behind the incidents that have been blamed on cell phones. while cell phones can generate enough spark to ignite gasoline, the phone should be in the gasoline to do that.

4. Cell phones will give you brain cancer:
   to keep it short, this is wrong based on an 11 years UK funded research, which said that the radiowaves from our mobile device has no effect on cancer no matter how long your call is.

5. exposing your devices to magnet will destroy your data:
   this myth has some truth to it only depending on the magnet. exposing your laptop or cellphone to a magnet like an MRI will surely destroy it, but normal house hold magnets has no effect. But devices like a USB stick would not be affected buy even an MRI.

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