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Low-Tech Cell Phone Blocking

Posted by timothy on from the best-kind-of-sandwich dept.

nigelc writes: "This BBC story reports on Japanese work to come up with a low-tech solution to cell phones in cinemas! Hey, if it can stop the person next to me from going 'Hey, dude, guess where I am?,' I'm all in favor of it."

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  1. All I want... by Have+Blue · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...is a personal cell-phone anesthetizer. So I can reach into my pocket and push a button, and every cell phone within 10 meters stops working for 30 seconds (or at least long enough to drop the current call). It doesn't completely solve the problem but it would be very, very satisfying :P

  2. Will help my dating life... by svferris · · Score: 5, Funny

    This will really help my dating life. I always notice my date's cellphone rings in the middle of the date and then she "suddenly" has to go.

    But now their phones won't be able to ring... :-)

  3. Or by BitHive · · Score: 5, Funny

    Theaters should just implement a spotlight system a-la the Movementarians' indoctrination video in The Simpsons. As soon as you pick up your phone, the movie stops, and you are nailed by a high-power spotlight until you hang up. This should serve as a nice deterrent. For added fun, intercept their signal and play their call over the sound system for everyone to hear. Hell, I'd pay extra for a seat if theaters around here did that!