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At a recent trade show highlighting the future use of broadband and internet technologies, robots controlled by phones and interactive posters were both prominent.

For those tired of waiting for a non-existent train, one company demonstrated new technology that would beam travel updates to mobile phones from advertisements on the tube or at mainline stations.

Hosted by Imperial College London, the Over the Air festival held last week also showcased some slightly more unusual internet technologies.

With people currently using the internet for services such as online video, messaging, VoIP and music, consumers might be able to use the internet to control robots remotely using mobile phones in the future, with one company flouting the new technology.

Tom Hume from the technology company Future Platforms, won an award for a robot that could be told to sit, roll over and move from side to side using voice commands sent via his mobile.

Elsewhere, industry analyst Gartner has predicted that in the future, computers that work by recognising gestures will become commonplace.

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