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Hello everyone, I'm Muna and I'm a Sophomore, a Biology major and hoping to declare my double major in CompSci soon. The first thing that popped into my mind when thinking about my first favorite technology was the walkman, it always made me excited to be able to listen to my favorite music whenever i wanted. This then evolved to become my iPod which comes with me everywhere I go and I was often given the nickname "the iPodder".

I am so pleased to meet all of you and I am looking forward to working with you this semester.  I've been at Bryn Mawr as a faculty member for nearly 15 years.  My area of research is experimental molecular physics which involves beam machines and lasers.  Technology and its developments have driven the acquisition of new knowledge in my area.  I couldn't do my work without it.  The infusion of new tools also creates a lot of the fun of doing science.  In my work I've enjoyed immensely the combination of manipulating stuff and imagining stuff as the most rewarding mode of doing science.  The manipulation of stuff is where technology has perhaps had its biggest impact.  New technologies extend our senses and capacities, while also, focusing, i

Hey guys, I'm Aybala. I'm a junior Psychology major and Education minor. I guess the form of technology that first pops into my head as having a great effect to my life is airplanes. As someone with a family split across the ocean, planes come in handy (or maybe not) in being able to see everyone I'm supposed to see.

Hi Everyone. My name is Alex Shin. I'm a junior chemistry major from Haverford.

Hi, my name is Riki, and I tend to procrastinate. More on this later.

 Hello, I am a McBride scholar with sophomore standing.  The piece of technology that has the most impact on me is the internet.  I grew up with a word processer and a library card.  The amount of information I am now able to access from home or even my phone is astounding.  At times it seems a bit too much, or at least too much trivial or incomplete information. 

 Hello all! My name is Kate Elliott and I am a sophomore Psych major and recently declared Film Studies minor from San Francisco, CA. I come from a family of artists and tech geeks, parents who have worked behind the scenes of film, dance, and theater. Though I wish to follow in their footsteps one way or another, I do not in any shape or form know how to use a light plot or work a dolly. However, I'm the go-to girl when it comes to anything cellphone. Or, at least I used to be. I was always one to buy the simplest phones out there--all I needed was a way to call someone and I was set. Now my phone, an iPhone, has the potential to carry practically my whole life, which is pretty intimidating.

It came as a shock to me 5 years ago to realize that I have an addictive personality in regards to my relationship with technology. Although I can speak to my obsession with Tetris and various other forms of technological games, I must admit that the iPhone has become my second layer of skin heightening my senses. Everywhere I go, it goes. The iPhone has not only allowed me to be constantly connected to the world, but it also has become the platform through which I receive instant gratification. It supplies my demands. Although it is sad, I have no sense of direction. Sure, I can remember specific places, but ask me to go left, and sometimes I have to make an L shape with my left hand in order to not move right.