Air Writing: Next Big Thing in Cell Phones?

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1. Forget fumbling with tiny cell phone keys. A prototype of a new application allows cell phone users to write short notes in the air and send them automatically to an e-mail address. LiveScience and FastCompany report. Travelers and other mobile users could air-write notes to themselves rather than have to text on the run. "By holding the phone like a pen, you can write short messages or draw simple diagrams in the air," said Sandip Agrawal, an electrical and computer engineering student at Duke University in North Carolina. The air-writing app takes advantage of accelerometers already inside cell phones such ... (Read Full Article)

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