Tully Mars
05-12-2008, 10:27 PM
Wasn't sure if this should go in the technology forum, news or here. I figured it would get more interest here but feel free to move it if necessary.
MIT students show power of open cell phone systems (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_hi_te/android_class_3)
It is amazing what great minds can come up with when they are not clouded by corporate biases.
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For these students at least, cell phones should be all about location, location, location. Most of the projects produced by the seven teams of students involved programs that let phones track people's physical place — or that of their friends — to help them do things and meet up.
One project named GeoLife gives users a way to set to-do lists and get reminders on their phones. Walk by the market, and the device might buzz with a message that you're supposed to pick up milk. Another effort, named Flare, was designed to help small businesses like pizza shops cheaply track their drivers.
Then there was Locale, which lets users configure their phones to automatically adjust their settings when the devices detect themselves in certain zones. So you might set your phone to automatically go into vibrate mode in the office and silent mode at the movie theater, and ring everywhere else...
This is cool stuff.
MIT students show power of open cell phone systems (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_hi_te/android_class_3)
It is amazing what great minds can come up with when they are not clouded by corporate biases.
...
For these students at least, cell phones should be all about location, location, location. Most of the projects produced by the seven teams of students involved programs that let phones track people's physical place — or that of their friends — to help them do things and meet up.
One project named GeoLife gives users a way to set to-do lists and get reminders on their phones. Walk by the market, and the device might buzz with a message that you're supposed to pick up milk. Another effort, named Flare, was designed to help small businesses like pizza shops cheaply track their drivers.
Then there was Locale, which lets users configure their phones to automatically adjust their settings when the devices detect themselves in certain zones. So you might set your phone to automatically go into vibrate mode in the office and silent mode at the movie theater, and ring everywhere else...
This is cool stuff.