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When technology attacks From 'BlackBerry thumb' to computer-vision syndrome, today's gadgets produce a host of painful side effects By Jonathan Sidener STAFF WRITER October 17, 2005 Grandma never knew how good she had it. Her telephone was attached to the wall. She never had to worry about dropping it in the toilet. Growing up stitching needlepoint, she didn't suffer from stress injuries inflicted by a video-game controller. She kept her photos in a shoe box. There was no chance of the Anna Kournikova virus wiping out her record of little Billy's first birthday party. She didn't have a "crackberry," as...

hese days at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, before visitors can see the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flier, Charles A. Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, a touchable sample of lunar rock or any other souvenir of humanity's bounce toward the heavens, they first have to pass through a reminder of that morning the sky fell to earth. Advertisement The family-friendly museum now has visitors pass through a metal detector, open backpacks and diaper bags for inspection and, if need be, step aside for a brief pat down or a few waves of the beeping wand. The reaction of...