Sunday, June 08, 2008

News:Scientists Figure Out Human Mobility Patterns from Cell phone Signals

Researchers in Boston tracked 100,000 people by their cellphone signals for six months to determine characteristics of how we get around to determine what underlies our travel patterns. The results show that we are a very predictable bunch, and that should be good news to urban planners, epidemiologists, and traffic analysts.

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