'Jammers' to make mobile phone use OK on flights

At first I gleefully thought this meant that passengers could jam other passengers cell phones, but it's not the case. The jammers are meant to block passengers' mobile phones from picking up multiple signals from numerous base stations on the ground - without interfering with other on-board communications systems.

[via The Age]

emily | 1:07 PM | Cell Phones while driving/flying/sailing |
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