Polite Cell Phones

"Researchers at Motorola and Carnegie Mellon University are developing more polite cell phones. Strategies include programming the ringer to turn on and off according to the time of day, monitoring sound light levels to determine if the owner is a movie theater or talking to his boss, and even letting callers decide whether they'd like to interrupt based on this information."

[via Slashdot]

This project was actually previously written up in 2003, but it's making headlines again.

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emily | 5:45 PM | Technology |
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