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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. doctors and such? by DanThe1Man · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They work by sandwiching a layer of nickel-zinc ferrite between thin slices of wood, New Scientist magazine reports.

    So they want to block all radio transmitions comming in. What about the doctors on a vibrating pager or phone. For instance, a emergency room doctor who carries a pager in case there is a train wreck or another 9/11. Does that mean they can't go to the theature anymore?