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Articles tagged with: School and Police
Student Arrested for Refusing to Stop Texting in Class
..old girl in Wisconsin, USA has been arrested by the police after she ignored requests from her school teacher to stop sending text messages during a maths lesson. She was later charged with disorderly conduct and will appear in court in April. more
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Bluetooth system orients blind and sighted pedestrians
A new Bluetooth system designed primarily for blind people places a layer of information technology over the real world to tell pedestrians about points of interest along their path as they pass them. more
Related Tags: rfid, augmented-reality, virtual-reality, bluetooth, gps, displays, blind, students, cell-phone
Australian Police Stop Motorists for Driving While Using a Mobile Phone
..legal and carries a penalty of three demerit points and a $243 fine or $324 in a school zone." "If you want to talk on your phone when behind the wheel, use a hands free mobile phone or pull over and turn your ignition off." Operation Complianc more
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Teen Drivers Often Ignore Bans on Using Cellphones and Texting
..6, start, 11 percent of teen drivers were observed using cellphones as they left school in the afternoon. About 5 months after the ban took effect, almost 12 percent of teen drivers were observed using phones. Most drivers were using hand-helds more
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UK Theme Park to Ban Smartphones
UK theme park resort, Alton Towers is piloting a "PDA Free Zone" during the May school holiday, to encourage parents to disconnect from the office and reconnect fully with their families. PDA police will be onsite to enforce the ban and any adult caught using a PDA whilst at the Resort will be asked to report to one of five "PDA Drop Off Zones" where they can safely leave their smartphones for the day. more
Related Tags: smartphones, towers, pda, UK
Exploding Cellphone Battery Calls Out the Bomb-Squad
A bomb squad was sent to a school in Des Moines yesterday after reports of an explosion was heard there. It turned out to be an exploding cellphone battery in a school class-room, and no one was injured, according to a Des Moines police report cited by the Des Moines Register newspaper. more
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Scientists Seek to Turn Cars Into a Mobile Communications Network
It's no secret Americans love their cars, and modern computer systems have enhanced vehicle performance and safety. For computer science professor Mario Gerla and researcher Giovanni Pau at the UCLA Henry Samueli school of Engineering and Applied Science, the next step is to take that digital processing power and push it outward even further - by using cars as computer nodes in a mobile network on wheels. more
Related Tags: radiation, privacy, university-of-california, gps, ucla, california, henry-samueli, navigation, tower, wireless-lan, emergency, terrorist
States Tackle Texting Behind the Wheel
..re found to contribute to an accident. Arizona currently bans school bus drivers from using a cell phone, except in emergencies, but not other drivers.Connecticut state Rep. Lawrence Miller (R) said that he proposed a text-messaging ban because it ta more
Related Tags: text-messaging, texas, hands-free, teenagers, oregon, arizona, utah, university-of-utah, connecticut, washington, illinois, vermont, insurance, new-hampshire, virginia, denver, west-virginia, school-bus
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