A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
Bag2Go
It can take hours or even days to hear from someone at an airline to tell you where your lost luggage has ended up — if it ever turns up at all. Wouldn’t it be easier to hear from the luggage itself?
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Forty-nine percent of adults surveyed said they text and drive.
Hyper-connected teens have been the target of many of the campaigns to stop texting and driving, but a new survey from AT&T shows adults are more likely to be driving distracted.
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There are still some social settings where people must forgo the urge to pull out a cellphone and send a quick text message or two. But those who can’t bear such timeouts may soon have a way to keep communicating.
Continue reading… “PocketTouch – text from your pockets with ‘stealth screen’”
Transparent Screen
It can be dangerous to Multi-task on a smartphone, especially if it involves trying to read the screen while walking. A new application on the Android market should be a requirement for any smart device user taking to busy streets.
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The document says AT&T keeps for five to seven years a record of who text messages whom.
The ACLU has obtained a document that shows for the first time how the four largest cellphone companies in the U.S. treat data about their subscribers’ calls, text messages, Web surfing and approximate locations.
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Receive Facebook updates on GM’s OnStar system.
As if we don’t already have enough distractions in our cars. GM is planning to roll out a new version of their OnStar system that lets you send and receive live Facebook updates.
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Texting among 18 to 24 year olds has doubled.
Jane Beard and Jeffrey Davis didn’t realize how little they speak to their children by phone until they called AT&T to switch plans. The customer service agent was breathless. The Silver Spring couple had accumulated 28,700 unused minutes.
How to catch a cheating spouse
Tiger Woods. Jesse James. David Letterman. The list of celebrities who have cheated on their romantic partners is long. And, no, you’re not crazy if you find that worrisome. After all, if Sandra Bullock, America’s sweetheart, can’t keep her biker spouse on the monogamy motorway, how can anyone be sure his or her partner isn’t running up a little extra mileage on the side? Don’t we live in an era when a detour to Troubletown is no more than a text message–or a Facebook “poke”–away?
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Teens text an aveage 1o times per hour
American teenagers send an average of 10 text messages per hour they are not in school or sleeping, according to research by The Nielsen Company.
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TXTBlocker
TXTBlocker is a software and online service combo which locks off a registered mobile phone from making or receiving text messages or calls while in a car. It uses cell and GPS data to determine location and speed and decide whether the phone is actually in a car, and once it thinks it is, boom, the service is automatically limited.
Using text message language – the OMGs, m8s and 2mros – does not harm children’s spelling abilities, new research suggests, and may even be a good sign. The study, carried out by Canadian researchers at the University of Alberta, suggested that children who are good at spelling “real” words are also good at spelling in text speak.
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