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Feb

Nokia trial turns N95s into traffic sensing tools

Posted by admin  Published in Auto Blog

Sure, we’ve seen cellphones intermingle with traffic details before, but Nokia’s looking to up the ante in a big way by utilizing a large network of GPS-enabled handsets to actually predict traffic patterns and help you avoid congestion before you even leave for that afternoon appointment. In a recent trial involving 100 volunteer drivers (and an equal amount of N95s), the handset maker teamed up with UC Berkeley to experiment the effectiveness of using a device most society already own (read: cellphones) to beam out traffic notes rather than installing

permanent sensors in roadways. Eventually, Nokia hopes to expand the experiment to by 1,000 folks, and just in case you privacy junkies can already feel your heart racing, you can rest assured that all “personal identifying information” was stripped before being sent back for analysis.

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Original post by Darren Murph

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