SENA CENTRO TECNOLGICO DEL MOBILIA ENGLISH - SUPPORTING WORKSHO LEVEL 7TH

FULL NAME: ANA MARIA PUERTA CASTAEDA READING COMPREHENSION

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has applied for a patent for airbags for mobile phones. We are all familiar wit technology in cars. We could soon see them as optional add-ons when we buy a new mobile or smart Bezos said many people broke their phones or lost important data because they dropped them. He added that many insurance companies do not pay out on claims for dropped mobiles. He believes his invention will save millions of people from the headache caused by a mobile phone hi He said the tiny airbags inside the phones would offer maximum protection for a cell phone if someon The airbags would deploy after the phones built-in accelerometer detected that it was falling.

The patent submitted by Mr Bezos contains other safety features. He suggests using a laser or radar t distance between the phone and the ground as the phone is falling to determine when to deploy the a Other suggestions include springs that would be released from the phone so that the phone safely bounced when it hit the ground. The coolest part of Bezos patent application is a gyroscope that controls tiny jets of compressed air that would change the angle of the device in mid-air. This would be able to change the phones flight path to ensure a smoother landing on impact. The Amazon boss must now wait to see if his patent is accepted and if smart phone companies adopt

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A company will drop mobile phones into isolated Amazon villages. Insurance companies pay out if you drop and break your cell phone. Mobile phones give people headaches when they are on the ground. Small airbags in a mobile phone could protect the device from a fall. Amazon.coms boss wants to patent safety features for mobile phones. Part of the patent is having springs in the mobile to protect it in a fall. Another safety feature is tiny jets that could control a phones fall. Many companies have already adopted these safety features. Airbag technology is familiar with mobile phones Tiny airbags will offer maximum protection

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