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oh man it's not good guys it's really not good woke up this morning to this particular news story blue light from phones tablets could accelerate blindness study finds blindness guys all I do here is talk about technology mostly smartphones you see the picture on here the guys lying in bed that's probably you probably me browsing scrolling watching videos you're watching this video on your smartphone is it really making you blind according to this particular study yes blue light beaming from smartphones and tablets is changing cells in our eyes that could accelerate blindness researchers from the University of Toledo studied the impact of blue light which also comes from the Sun triggers toxic reactions in retinal molecules that sense light and signal the brain results showed blue light helps generate poisonous chemical reactions killing photoreceptors which cannot be restored once they die off even without photoreceptors we were observing cytotoxicity main cells that were dying so only when exposed to light we tested multiple colors of light but this toxicity of the cell death only occurs when you have blue lights this leads to macular degeneration and incurable eye disease that causes blindness starting in your 50s or 60s researchers said this is no joke this stuff here now we've known for a little while that this blue light coming from our smartphones might be a problem in fact many manufacturers have put some sort of eye comfort mode true tone some kind of late night reading mode changes the color temperature or representation of color from your device so it goes to a sort of more yellow tinge but it turns out the situation might be more severe it's not a new concept TVs have been outputting similar type of light for a while but of course the difference here is the amount of exposure people they're addicted to their smartphones sitting there glaring at them usually in dark rooms which is supposedly even worse especially the such a condition can occur if you look at your iPhone screen in the dark see this blue light is not just bad for the health of your eyes it could also be bad for your sleep in general you might actually limit your melatonin production during sleep that's the stuff that makes you feel well-rested feel good and you're messing with it checking your Instagram feed late at night Jack tuck in the jacket so here is the actual study conducted by the University of Toledo we are being exposed to blue light continuously in the eyes cornea and lens cannot block or reflect it it's no secret that blue light harms our vision by damaging the eyes retina now macular degeneration is an incurable eye disease it sets in somewhere in your 50s or 60s it's toxic if you shine blue light on retinol the retinol kills photoreceptor cells as the signaling molecule on the membrane dissolves this is the key part right here photoreceptor cells do not regenerate in the eye when they're dead they're dead for good that's the scary kind of dead they're not coming back now it's important to note that no activity is sparked with green yellow or red light the retinal generated toxicity by blue light is universal it can kill any cell type these studies are important right I see people on the street their faces are buried in their smartphones now is it a real solution are people gonna go around and wear the special eyewear the UV reduction eyewear could this be the first generation of individuals everybody ends up blind at 50 or 60 no probably not okay of course but it looks like via this study the likelihood is increasing what can you do well it scared me enough to go in and just turn on the comfort mode on my device permanently I've been using the p20 Pro here you can select natural tone color mode and temperature and iComfort which I have turned on here and on this device they actually let you toggle it from cooler to warmer I got it the warmest all right I'm afraid I really don't want to be looking at a yellow display or yellowish display either but I'm just like I'm weighing the options here you know the funny thing is generally with video and displays like I prefer cooler tones of course the blindness tones are the ones that I prefer so the other thing you can do is limb the amount of time you're in like a pitch-black room with the screen on blast your eyes they adjust for the room first your pupils they open way up then you hit it with the screen it's like that's one thing you can do next up you can look at your app list and see if there's a night mode of course with night modes the displays are outputting less light in general of course the before the beg thing is like step 1 and right now you're like glue you sound like my dad here I'm just giving you some tips here to hold on to that vision I want you to see clearly basically anywhere on your device where you have a chance to limit the intensity of light coming from it that's being received by those photoreceptors in your eyes you could potentially increase the health of your eyeballs based on this study toggle it back yellow it out save your eyeballs it's a public service announcement ok it's unfortunate there's no free lunch in this game alright you get something good you give something up limit it peel it back a bit quit everything else except unbox therapy videos will be alright right check