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Walk Around the City with Headphones On? One Llama’s Audio Aware App Might Save Your Life
Startup firm One Llama is developing a mobile app that can detect certain sounds in the environment and alert a distracted user. The company hopes the technology will help assist the hearing impaired as well as “distracted walkers” who can’t hear a horn or siren over the sound of their headphones’ music.