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Microsoft Researchers Show off Wireless = Projects
Several projects dreamed up by the software = giant's=20 research department find new uses for mobile phones.
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
Eric =
Chang,=20
director of incubation at
The product would be aimed at regions like
Users could also connect other devices, such as external storage, to =
the=20
phone through the cradle. The phone could connect to the Internet either =
wirelessly or through broadband wired connections,
Chang =
expects to=20
demonstrate the application Tuesday at the summit. The application =
appears to=20
have caught the eye of
Another researcher showed off applications that combine physiological =
sensors=20
with mobile phones. One application developed and tested by
With MPTrain, a user first chooses a workout on the phone that might = include=20 two 10-minute periods of intense exercise interspersed with periods of = slower=20 exercise. The application then analyzes the music in the user's phone to = choose=20 songs based on their tempo and length, matching the chosen workout.
"The phone knows where your heart rate should be based on the workout = you=20 want to do," Oliver=20 said. "It determines whether you need to slow down, speed up or keep the = same=20 pace and based on that selects the right song to induce you to run at = the right=20 pace," she said.
She tested how well a song encourages a runner to change pace and = found that=20 music works remarkably well, compared to runners trying to pace their = workout on=20 their own without music.
Oliver =
has also=20
developed and tested an application that can be used by people who =
suffer from=20
or think they might suffer from sleep apnea. People with sleep apnea =
repeatedly=20
stop breathing as they sleep, often many times a night, and perhaps for =
a minute=20
or longer. Wearing a small sensor on a toe that communicates with a =
mobile phone=20
over
Most people with sleep apnea undergo tests when they are hooked up to =
many=20
sensors on their bodies and must sleep in a hospital for one or two =
nights.
The researchers showed off their projects at the
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