new survey from tech company secure envoy says a certain number of americans are suffering from nomophobiasigns include constantly checking your phone 30 times a day, constantly worried that it's going to get lost even when it's in your pocket, and never turning the little bugger off. a whopping two-thirds of us said they call qualify for those characteristics, 17% up from a similar study a year ago. a majority of people have smartphones when, four years ago, regular cell phones were more popular. a recent study found that in the past 30 days in this country of ours, 41% of us who are smartphone users have created a media of using their phones, several of us have figured out where to go to tuz our phones. you may want to proceed with caution when using your smartphone for that final maneuver, since we personally are not aware of any bbm with a smiley face. >>> people who fear life is passing them by. a man vowed to climb every mountain on the couldn't net. he did that. then he went to sail every ocean, and he wrote a book about it. he talks about what it means to be on this planet and what

according to a new study, 66% of people have nomophobia or no mobile phone phobia. up from a similar study four years ago. >>> now dustin hoffman is the latest hollywood actor to turn real-life hero. we'll tell you what he did when we go down to the wire in about 20 minutes. >>> six months to go until the general election. ground game for mitt romney and president obama in full swing, though. got to check in on what's happening in some of the key battleground states. let's start with michigan. mitt romney is going to be there this afternoon. what's the latest there? >> mitt romney's in lansing, michigan, today, going to be at lansing community college. this is the state where mitt romney was born and raised. doesn't live there now obviously. but he is going to hope to try to put michigan in play to expand the map but so far we've seen pollings show president obama favored there. we have it as a lean democratic state. and a big reason is because of the auto bailout. the president who supported it has been touting that as one of the great achievements and accomplishme

. >> i have nomophobia. >> i'm okay with it. i have it. >> it's all right. >> yes. anyway.ght along. >>> a real-life -- we're going to blast through. real life mario kart. students coast through mit hallways using a real-life mario. >> the guy built his own. >> he built his own. his name is charles. he built his own and tears down the halls of mit late at night when no one is watching. >> that is not bad at all. i bet he's a real hit on campus. not a lot of dates but at l >>> this morning on "world news now" -- gathering dust. that's what millions of dollars in airport security equipment is doing inside of a warehouse. >> and that's raising questions about whether everything possible is actually being done to stop terror attacks. it's wednesday, may 9th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> getting over that hump. >> yes indeed. >> good morning. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm sunny hostin. a report being released today will detail what kind of terror-fighting machines are in mothballs, not doing anything to keep americans safe and continued threats from al qaed

. >> they ask, you have nomophobia, the fear of being without your kre phone. 66% of people have it which be one of those people. >> i kind of am. but i think we all -- i have a little exercise i do with myself where i say i'm going to dinner tonight and i'm leaving my phone at home so i can concentrate on the person. >> do you leave it at home? >> i fry try to do that. >> how successful are you? >> if i say i'm leaving it at home, i leave it at home. but it's difficult. >> i never leave home without it. >> gayle's cell phone. >> yellow blackberry. >> andy's favorite color, too. britain's "daily mail" looks at a good reason to go on vacation. they say the sex is better. a survey finds three-quarters of americans ages 18 to 49 say sex is better when you're away from home. it's not all the wine and roses. 38% of the couples worry they'll get on each other's nerves when they're on vacations. so, 38%. what do you think, andy, 18 to 49, you're in the 18 to 49 group. >> yes. you're free of all the day to day. >> that actually makes a lot of sense to me. 18 to 49, erica, you're in the group. >>

. >> i have nomophobia. >> i do, too. it's a sad sign of the times, though. >> i'm okay with it.. >> yes. >>> anyway. moving right along. a real-life -- we're going to blast through. real life mario kart. students coast through mit hallways using a real-life mario. remember the nintendo game which first appeared in 1992. >> the guy built his own. >> he built his own. his name is charles. he built his own and tears down the halls of mit late at night when no one is watching. >> that is not bad at all. video games in real life. i bet he's a real hit on campus. not a lot of dates but at least has a go kart. >> it's cute. he's blasting through the walls >>> this morning on "world news now" -- gathering dust. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- gathering dust. that's what millions of dollars in airport security equipment is doing inside of a warehouse. >> and that's raising questions about whether everything possible is actually being done to stop terror attacks. it's wednesday, may 9th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> getting over that hump. >> yes, inde