People have been trying to create a portable phone since Alexander Graham Bell first attempts. So, just how early on did someone finally succeed? According to The Daily Mail Online, W W McFarlane’s creation in the 1920’s was one of the earliest in portable phones. The device, invented by Philadelpia experimenter W W McFarlane required […]
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BBC: Vibrating magnetic tattoos may one day be used to alert mobile phone users to phone calls and text messages if Nokia follows up a patent application. The Finnish company has described the idea in a filing to the US Patent and Trademark Office. It describes tattooing, stamping or spraying “ferromagnetic” material onto a user’s
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When I was a kid, teachers would confiscate all kinds of stuff from unruly students. Knives, radios, yo-yos, you name it. If a kid could buy it, chances are that there was at least one of them in every teachers’ junk drawer. Today, in the age of cellphones, having your property confiscated by the teacher
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Next up, in my series of interviews with Walmart’s Get on the Shelf contestants is Jeff Rudd of ZipKord. What product did you submit to Walmart’s Get on the Shelf contest? 226usb – Retractable Car/Wall Charger for iPhone / Micro phones Where’d the idea come from? The retractable concept started with our Handsfree product –
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News Observer: In his off time, Levitan has tinkered for three years with a possible solution: a technology that disables cellphones in moving cars. To be sure, such apps are already available, but only on a volunteer basis for individual phones. Levitan is thinking of something bigger: A mandatory system for all wireless phone users.
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