Nokia phones detect lightning
Let’s see, the cellphone has gone on from being a portable house phone to include all sorts of functions such as a digital camera, a video camera, a voice recorder, an FM radio, an MP3 player, a GPS navigation system – what next? Apparently Nokia has just filed a patent for a lighting detector system that will be used in cellphones. This system works by using the radio frequency receivers inside handsets to detect radio waves emitted by lightning, where the phone’s software will then alert users of imminent strikes. Sounds neat and yet wacky at the same time, but it definitely isn’t as useful as a digital camera function.



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