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Last Words, 6/2002 Archive
Another mobile phone application for common good. Still, traffic monitoring might have some privacy issues.
Read the BBC article. (30/12/02)
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Bad manners are now illegal! New York City Council approved a bill that bans the use of cell phones at public performances.
Read the Wired article. (19/12/02)
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Finally some good use for mobile phone: remote monitoring of heart rate for people at high risk of cardiac problems.
Read the Reuters article. (17/12/02)
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Now this was bound to happen. You buy a very expesive phone, leave it on a night club table and three hours later it is gone.
Read the Orlando Sentinel article. (16/12/02)
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Mobile market is expanding! Even 9-year-olds have mobile phones now. Soon mobile phones might even be sold as baby monitors? Read the Wired article. (10/12/02)
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"Drivers using phones are responsible for about 6 percent of U.S. auto accidents each year, killing an estimated 2,600 people and injuring 330,000 others." USA has about 14% of world's mobile phones. People feel that all this is OK. You do the maths! How about stopping the car in a safe place before using the phone?
Read the Atlanta Journal-Constitution article. (02/12/02)
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