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People paying attention to their texting-device sometimes step off curbs or crash into walls unexpectedly while walking. This device simply takes a live image from the cell phone's camera, and makes it the background image moving behind the text. Then you'll see that open manhole before you step.
It's here...
http://lifehacker.c...etting-hit-by-a-car [Jinbish, Jul 29 2009]
(?) Legislation instead?
http://technolog.ms...texting-and-walking Dammit, I *tried* to keep this from happening! [lurch, Jan 26 2011]
(?) It's gone viral now.
http://www.youtube....watch?v=mg11glsBW4Y [2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jan 27 2011]
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The fact that I don't understand _texting_ from a _telephone_ with a perfectly good speaker and microphone setup does not make this a bad idea. |
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Apparently some people really would rather thumb their way through elaborate typing mechanisms using six buttons in esoteric combinations, taking twelve and a half minutes to form a three-word message than just call and say it. So, OK. |
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Texting is good for private conversations. Good for loud places too, where you can't hear. But most of the time I want to slap the phone out of peoples hands. With the "chocolate" slide phone, you can smack the top mid text and it will close and erase the text. Hah. |
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/People paying attention to their texting-device sometimes step off curbs or crash into walls unexpectedly while walking. // |
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I'd hate for this to be stopped before I get a chance to witness it. |
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Well, then, [phundug], maybe you should look up ;) |
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WTF, THIS IS FUBAR, TTY(a)L |
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//We might even have to bring back the console window.// |
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Bring back? It never left! I use it every day. |
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//People paying attention to their texting-device sometimes step off curbs or crash into walls unexpectedly while walking. // |
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And they deserve it. "lk ware u goin m8" |
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This kind of phone needs a proximity sensor (vibration?) for when you hold it too close to your face. |
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