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alex
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30 Jan 2006, 12:03 am

Motorola's MOTOFWRD competition challenged college students nationwide to depict the future of mobile technology.

Duke University student John Finan's "mood phone" placed first among five hundred submissions. The phone, designed to interpret the mood of the person on the other end of the line, is meant to help individuals with Asperger's syndrome who may have difficulty recognizing emotional and social cues in the speech of others.

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http://www.wrongplanet.net/article302.html


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30 Jan 2006, 12:21 am

That's a very wonderful and innovative invention. :D



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30 Jan 2006, 12:30 am

Isn't it kind of cheating? Like making the phone read the person more than yourself? Who cares, it helps. :P


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30 Jan 2006, 1:32 am

neat-o. :D



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31 Jan 2006, 9:18 pm

wow..awsome..exsiting..fun..easy..when are they getting made..can i have one when they do


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