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Tel Aviv tries out new crosswalk lights for mobile addicts

By Staff Writer

Mar 15 2019 12:17PM

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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