Coyle Funeral Home and Cremation Services set a goal to collect 2,000 used cell phones by mid-March.
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Discovered: An off switch for pain, a finger-powered cell phone charger, what your ear of choice says about your brain, the clouds are coming for us, and buckyballs in space. An off switch for pain? This sounds too good to be true, because it is. At least, real-life therapeutic applications are "a long way off," says researcher Timm Fehrentz. But science has a theory that could lead to a light ...
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New research suggests that while cell phones are thought of as devices that connect people, in reality, their use may disrupt community involvement and make users less socially minded. University of Maryland researchers Drs. Anastasiya Pocheptsova and Rosellina Ferraro conducted a series of experiments on test groups of cell phone users and found that mobile phone use [...]
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A recent study from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business finds that even though cell phones are generally thought to connect people with each other, they may make users less socially minded. The findings of various experiments conducted by marketing professors Anastasiya Pocheptsova and Rosellina Ferraro with graduate student, Ajay T. Abraham have been published in ...
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Old cell phones in the wrong hands are causing problems for emergency dispatchers. That's because they can still call 911 even if they don't have service. The service can help people in need, but children playing with old phones are calling 911 and people are also using them to prank dispatch centers.
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This week, after a number of news programs ran stories about free cell phones being distributed to welfare recipients, I received a bunch of inquiries asking whether it was true. Specifically, I was asked whether there were free ?Obama phones? being distributed on the taxpayers? nickel. Here?s the scoop: Yes, there is a law in ...
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A Facebook posting by a prisoner at the Lincoln County jail prompted deputies to launch an investigation and conduct a jail shakedown that led to the arrest of a now former jailer who is accused of providing cell phones to two female prisoners.
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