Twenty years ago no-one would have thought you could play a full game of baseball with all the posts and even an audience in your living room without the guilty risk of smashing mum's favourite vase.

But the Nintendo Wii has made that possible with games where you can actively horse ride, jog for 10 minutes or even catch fish.

The Nintendo Wii proves that it can effectively bring the outside world into one small white machine. Advanced? Definitely!

Our ever growing, modernised world has become accustomed to these life-changing gadgets. Where someone once bragged of a Walkman someone now brags about an iPod. Where someone once boasted about a new video player, someone now boasts of a mobile cinema.

Technology is quickly advancing, promising people quicker performance, higher definition and even "guaranteed" satisfaction. But the question is: Are we relying too much on technology to do stuff for us?

Recently some parts of Kent experienced a power cut. I was in one of the affected areas. It was only then that I realised how much we rely on electronic technology.

Without electricity most of the food in our freezer defrosted, it was impossible to warm food in the microwave, the internet lost connection, there was no television and the telephone had to run on batteries.

I was bored stiff. I even know someone that found it so unbearable that she went to stay at her friend’s house.

Basically, whether we like it or not, electricity plays a huge role in our lives and those roles are getting bigger and bigger.

Life seems to be on fast-forward because of the development in technology, it is no longer a case of wringing out your hair but it is a case of blow-drying or straightening it.

Jobs that would have taken two hours or more to do now take 20 minutes such as drying clothes in the tumble dryer.

Another major piece of technology is the mobile and with that comes texting.

Because most people pay to send a certain amount of words to one another they are encouraged to use abbreviations and slang. I almost had to stop myself writing 'u' and 'bcoz' and '2' in this article. Once you get used to it, it’s hard to stop.

Technology is slowly taking over our daily lifestyles. The problem is it's ever developing.

By Priscilla Ogunbadejo, age 13, from Welling