Can you go blind from using electronics too much?

I want to know if you can go blind by using electronics too long (Laptop, iPod/iPhone, Nintendo, TV). Can you? Mature/Professional answers only please.

There's a new study out that claims that there's now evidence that smartphones and pads can damage a person's vision and is leading to an increase in myopia. The story was on the CBS affiliate in Boston last night.

This is a common myth. Two things - myopia is correctable by glasses and doesn't cause blindness. There are some studies but its quite difficult to do genuine scientific studies on eyes because you would need a control group of people who never used any electronics. That simply isn't possible - experiementing on people in this way just doesn't' work.

Having worked in teh computer industry for over 30 years where use of these things is long term and for long periods every day i would say that there isn't any more myopia than outside Certainly mine stabliized when I started working in computing. You may see more people with glasses but this tends to be because contacts don't' wear well in front of screens and don't' have a lot advantages doing this so people tend to wear their glasses rather than contacts when working.