Nokia transforms people into traffic reporters
That's quite a drastic title, but it's the essence of the experiment. The news isn't that new either, but I just found a video of the experiment thanks to kerni from Symbian-Freak. Watch the video here Nokia has partnered with UC Berkeley researchers, and invited 100 drivers to use a N95's GPS and drive 10 miles (16km) near a highway in San Francisco, the N95s will report back to servers, which will produce data and a GPS feed for the devices to report if there is a traffic congestion, or even accidents. Many users might consider this as a hit against their privacy, but I don't believe that the servers are in any way connected to CIA's headquarters. Continue reading...
That's quite a drastic title, but it's the essence of the experiment. The news isn't that new either, but I just found a video of the experiment thanks to kerni from Symbian-Freak. Watch the video here Nokia has partnered with UC Berkeley researchers, and invited 100 drivers to use a N95's GPS and drive 10 miles (16km) near a highway in San Francisco, the N95s will report back to servers, which will produce data and a GPS feed for the devices to report if there is a traffic congestion, or even accidents. Many users might consider this as a hit against their privacy, but I don't believe that the servers are in any way connected to CIA's headquarters. Continue reading...