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Dropped-Call Rage May Abate Thanks To Cellphone Signal Advances From MIT

By using the host of position-relating sensors in modern smartphones, scientists at MIT think they could make the phones and network perform better so your calls don't drop when you're on the move.READ»

Accelerometers Everywhere: Get Used to Wiggling Your Gadgets

Some new research by iSuppli has an interesting implication--sparked by the iPhone's innovations, accelerometers are going to be the thing to have in cell phones over the next year. In fact, one in three phones will have them. The ...READ»

PhonePoint App Will Let You Write in Thin Air

Students at Duke University have developed an application that allows users to write short notes in thin air using the accelerometers in their phones.READ»

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Tony Hawks Game Gets Uber-Real With Motion-Sense Skateboard

Given the success of Tony Hawk's skateboarding video game franchise, a plug-in peripheral that brings players closer to the real thing was inevitable. And now details have emerged that Hawk is releasing an electronic skateboard, ...READ»