Tel Aviv tries out new crosswalk lights for mobile addicts

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Israel's business capital wants to stop "smartphone zombies" in their tracks.

Tel Aviv tries out new crosswalk lights for mobile addicts
Israel's bustling business capital wants to stop "smartphone zombies" in their tracks. Tel Aviv has placed ground-level LED lightstrips, which turn red and green, at a central crosswalk, hoping to catch the attention of pedestrians so engrossed in their mobile devices that they don't look up ...

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