by brian » Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:56 am
July 5, 2010: From the Washington Post
Tech firms aim to keep wayward walkers on path which includes "While using a cell phone while driving has triggered the most alarm bells and prompted laws in several states, experts say, pedestrians are also suffering the consequences of mobile distraction - tripping on curbs, walking into traffic, even stepping into manholes as they chat or type while walking."
Companies are stepping in with applications which make smartphone screens transparent to also transforming speech into text and text into speech.
An Ohio State University analysis found that for the past few years, the number of emergency room visits resulting from pedestrian cell phone accidents has doubled year-on-year. The study showed that in 2008, just over 1,000 pedestrians visited emergency rooms for injuries like walking into a pole while texting or spraining an ankle after falling down while talking on a cell phone.
July 5, 2010: From the Washington Post [url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/05/AR2010070501057.html?hpid=sec-tech]Tech firms aim to keep wayward walkers on path[/url] which includes "While using a cell phone while driving has triggered the most alarm bells and prompted laws in several states, experts say, pedestrians are also suffering the consequences of mobile distraction - tripping on curbs, walking into traffic, even stepping into manholes as they chat or type while walking."
Companies are stepping in with applications which make smartphone screens transparent to also transforming speech into text and text into speech.
An Ohio State University analysis found that for the past few years, the number of emergency room visits resulting from pedestrian cell phone accidents has doubled year-on-year. The study showed that in 2008, just over 1,000 pedestrians visited emergency rooms for injuries like walking into a pole while texting or spraining an ankle after falling down while talking on a cell phone.