Technology is now becoming the first and last thing we do in a day. We wake up and check our smartphones, then we usually surf the web to see what is happening in the world around us, simply forgetting the people sitting right next to us.

Everything is based on technology now. Even refrigerators can order your groceries for you when you are running low and will remind you when your food is close to expiration date.

Amazon and Google have similar products that will answer to all your commands, you just have to talk to them. Amazon Echo (Alexa) and Google Home will order your groceries, check your flight plans, and even order a pizza for you.

In addition to technology being in your appliances, it will now be in your car as well.

Autonomous cars are improving and now will become normal. By the year 2020, autonomous cars, which do not have a human driving them, are predicted to be on the road full time.

Freshman Jenna Roush believes that technology can be beneficial.

“Some advances in technology like Alexa and driverless cars can help disabled people have more independence in their lives,” Roush said.

In an Eclipse survey, 56 percent of the student’s surveyed believe technology has gotten out of control.

Freshman Hunter Parkhurst believe that technology has.

“It’s gotten to the point where human beings are pointless,” Parkurst said. “We don’t even have books really anymore because it’s being replaced with the Kindle.”

King agrees that it is a huge problem.

“Everybody uses them all day, everyday, and now it’s controlling our world. We have become addicted and dependent on our devices,” King said. “We could not live without them now.”

One way that technology is a problem is that artphones are causing a rise in distracted driving. Statistics show texting and driving accidents cause 11 teens to die everyday, according to the National Safety Council.

On the other hand, 44 percent of the students surveyed said technology has not gotten out of control.

Senior Summer Johnson believes technology is advancing for the betterment of mankind and is ready for more advances in the future.

“I think technology will continue to make things easier for us, and I’m ready to see what the future holds,”Johnson said.