Technology May Enable Texting After Your Phone Dies

Originally published: Aug 23 2013 - 11:15am, Inside Science News Service By: Joel N. Shurkin, ISNS Contributor (ISNS) -- In Shyamnath Gollakota's dream world, every object can talk to every other object, which is particularly useful if you have misplaced your keys. Imagine that your keys dropped out of your pocket and fell between the cushions of a couch. You ask your cellphone to find them. The keys tell the couch where they are, and the couch relays the information to your cellphone. If you al...