Tech Shout! 22 months ago

Nokia and UC Berkeley Experts build Technology to offer Real Time Traffic Information

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The software aggregating the GPS feeds disassociates data stored in the individual’s device and combines it with the general stream of traffic data. Privacy is achieved by keeping the data anonymous and aggregated. Full Article at Tech Shout!

Related Quotes

  1. Mobile device users control the service. If an individual does not want their device to transmit position data they turn off the feed from their GPS
    SOURCE: Tech Shout! 22 months ago
  2. When you are dealing with people and all that comes with them (inattention, cell phones, distractions, poor driving skills, and all the other unpredictable things) it's hard to come up with concrete reasons.
    SOURCE: Bakersfield.com 22 months ago
  3. A lot of collisions could be avoided if one or both was paying more attention
    SOURCE: Bakersfield.com 22 months ago
  4. The broadsiders are the ones that really hurt people
    SOURCE: Bakersfield.com 22 months ago
  5. It's inattention, is what it is ... Totally inattention.
    Gary Moore SOURCE: Bakersfield.com 22 months ago
  6. I'm not saying you shouldn't do something like this, I'm saying people need to be informed about what's done with the data ... You need to ask if its being collected and how long is it going to be archived.
    SOURCE: Inside Bay Area 22 months ago
  7. What you want to know as a consumer is a solution -- you don't just want a bunch of data ... You want to know that, today, this is the best route home.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
  8. As a user you are not only contributing to the data, but you are benefiting from it by looking at it in real time on your phone
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
  9. It would be great if the phone, instead of saying go left or right, would say you're meeting so-and-so at 10 a.m. and because traffic is picking up, you should leave now and you should avoid [a particular] exit because traffic is backing up
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago
  10. Getting that information back to the drivers, that's the Holy Grail -- so drivers can make smart decisions about their commute
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 22 months ago

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