Saturday, June 7, 2008
Researchers Secretly Track 100.000 Cell Phone Users - Reveal Dark Human Secret
....and that secret is...we're actually pretty dull.
This study is the first one of its kind conducted and consisted of 100.000 cell phone users being unknowingly tracked. The study subjects were randomly chosen from among 6 million cell phone users.
In a report by the New York Times, the researchers from Northeastern University in Boston obtained their data from an unnamed European cell phone service provider.
The study lasted for 6 months and targeted the cell phone user's locations whenever they made or received a call or text message. The result of the study concluded that humans are a basically boring bunch and we rarely travel more than a 20-mile radius from our home base.
The larger goal of the study was to eventually create a computer model through further studies for understanding emergency response, urban planning and the spread of disease.
What do you think? Was it necessary? Was it ethical?
Source : http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2008/Jun08/060208/060608-07.htm
This study is the first one of its kind conducted and consisted of 100.000 cell phone users being unknowingly tracked. The study subjects were randomly chosen from among 6 million cell phone users.
In a report by the New York Times, the researchers from Northeastern University in Boston obtained their data from an unnamed European cell phone service provider.
The study lasted for 6 months and targeted the cell phone user's locations whenever they made or received a call or text message. The result of the study concluded that humans are a basically boring bunch and we rarely travel more than a 20-mile radius from our home base.
The larger goal of the study was to eventually create a computer model through further studies for understanding emergency response, urban planning and the spread of disease.
What do you think? Was it necessary? Was it ethical?
Source : http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2008/Jun08/060208/060608-07.htm
Labels: cell-phone, iPhone
Friday, May 30, 2008
iPhone Goes Solar
I've off getting an iPhone and now with the new patent that Apple has filed, I may have to change my mind. I was told the iPhone lost charge quickly and well, what good is that?
The new patent will create a solar powered iPhone and that's a very good thing on many levels. It means you can go out where electricity is limited and still be connected just by laying your iPhone in the sun.
The design won't make the iPhone any larger either. Other companies have attempted to create solar powered cell phones and MP3 players, however by the time the necessary solar panel is added to the gadet, there isn't much room to call the item portable any longer.
Apple is putting the solar panel UNDER the touch screen in a thin layer so it will not require any change in the iPhones current sleek design.
Yeah, I may have to get one now....
The new patent will create a solar powered iPhone and that's a very good thing on many levels. It means you can go out where electricity is limited and still be connected just by laying your iPhone in the sun.
The design won't make the iPhone any larger either. Other companies have attempted to create solar powered cell phones and MP3 players, however by the time the necessary solar panel is added to the gadet, there isn't much room to call the item portable any longer.
Apple is putting the solar panel UNDER the touch screen in a thin layer so it will not require any change in the iPhones current sleek design.
Yeah, I may have to get one now....
Labels: cell-phone, iPhone
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