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04-26-2016, 02:41 PM
Traffic lights in the ground help phone zombies avoid traffic
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In Germany they call (http://www.thelocal.de/20151114/are-you-a-smombie-german-youth-word-2016) them “smombies” – or smartphone zombies – people who are so caught up in their device they roam the streets oblivious to other people, traffic or rogue lamp posts.
**w this particular breed of tech junkie has been given special traffic lights — installed into the pavements — to help them avoid oncoming traffic as they catch up on Viber or navigate Google Maps while roaming the city.
SEE ALSO: Photographer captures the eerie reality of our smartphone addiction (http://mashable.com/2015/10/14/eric-pickersgill-*******/)
Officials in Augsburg in the Bavaria region have built lights into the pavement at two tram stops in the city, The Local reports (http://www.thelocal.de/20160422/german-city-creates-floor-traffic-lights-for-smartphone-addicts), which flash red when a tram is approaching or the **rmal lights turn red. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/pavement-traffic-lights-smartphones/)
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In Germany they call (http://www.thelocal.de/20151114/are-you-a-smombie-german-youth-word-2016) them “smombies” – or smartphone zombies – people who are so caught up in their device they roam the streets oblivious to other people, traffic or rogue lamp posts.
**w this particular breed of tech junkie has been given special traffic lights — installed into the pavements — to help them avoid oncoming traffic as they catch up on Viber or navigate Google Maps while roaming the city.
SEE ALSO: Photographer captures the eerie reality of our smartphone addiction (http://mashable.com/2015/10/14/eric-pickersgill-*******/)
Officials in Augsburg in the Bavaria region have built lights into the pavement at two tram stops in the city, The Local reports (http://www.thelocal.de/20160422/german-city-creates-floor-traffic-lights-for-smartphone-addicts), which flash red when a tram is approaching or the **rmal lights turn red. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/pavement-traffic-lights-smartphones/)
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