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Give everyone a 'proximity alarm'
Every smartphone should include a 'proxy detector' to stop people bumping into others because they have their nose glued to their phone screen
Professor of English Steven Connor says smart phone designers should learn from modern cars which often have sensors that emit a noise signal when you're driving too close to an object or a person. Steven would like to include a similar 'proxy detector' in smartphones for all those people who walk about totally oblivious to their surroundings because they have their nose glued to their smartphone screen.
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