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'Mood Phone' Wins Motorola MOTOFWRD Competition
NEW YORK, January 17 -- Tech-savvy consumers today want seamlessly mobile communications solutions – regardless of the device, service or location. Motorola's MOTOFWRD competition challenged college students nationwide to depict the future of mobile technology.
"The ability to dream is one of youth's greatest assets. MOTOFWRD allows the next generation of scientists, inventors and designers to show us their best,” said Motorola chief technology officer Padmasree Warrior.
Duke University student john Finan's idea of a "mood phone" placed first among five hundred submissions. The phone, designed to interpret the mood of the person on the other end of the line, is meant to help people with Asperger syndrome who are unable to recognize emotional cues in the speech of others.
"Most people don't think of a gadget as a solution to Aspergers. But a truly new tool that makes people freer to move and communicate can change behavior, and that is how a revolution begins,” Finan said.
For his innovation, Finan was awarded $10,000, a Bluetooth enabled car, a suite of Motorola products and an apprenticeship with Motorola's chief technology office.
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