Calling Home: 9 Towering Smartphone-Shaped Buildings
Does your high-rise apartment or office tower look like a mobile phone? These ones do, and you can bet smartphone users inside them get REALLY good reception. ...
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The Charge Cycle: Bike-Powered Public Phone Charging Station
Soon, you'll be able to charge your iPhone at strategic locations around New York City - but you'll have to put in a little leg work. The Charge Cycle is a stationary bike equipped with an iPhone ...
Remember Millions of Mobile Phones in the 1960s? You Should
Quick, when was the mobile phone invented? If you thought it was the 1980s, when businessmen lugged them around in giant briefcases, think again. The earliest version of a mobile phone was first ...
Lifebook: Single Device that Combines Every Gadget
One of the marks of our modern culture is the proliferation of gadgets most of us carry around. From digital cameras to cell phones to tablet computers to laptops to MP3 players, we have our ...
Jail-Safe Tagging: Spray Up Buildings in Augmented Reality
Graffiti is one of those art forms that really is only for the brave. It takes a fair amount of courage to risk arrest just to put your mark on the world. For everyone who has always wanted to ...
Faux-ny Phone Towers: Cleverly Concealed Cellular Sites
Not many people would voluntarily live next door to a giant cellular tower, but just about everyone wants to have uninterrupted cellular service. That problem used to vex mobile phone service ...
Telephone History: 9 Transitions that Rocked the Industry
There are three things most people have on them at all times: keys, wallet, and phone. Considering how integral phones are to our lives, it's strange to think how quickly they've risen from being ...
