April 13, 2009 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
When Sensors and Social Networks Mix
The integration of sensors with social networks will lead to real-time data and more useful web apps.
In recent posts we reviewed an MIT experiment called WikiCity, that gathered real-time location data from mobile phones in Rome and graphically mapped trends from it. We then looked at a more commercial product doing similar real-time location data analysis, called Citysense. That product aims to let users find the most popular night spots in San Francisco and the most efficient ways to get to them. The next stage of projects/products such as Wikicity and Citysense will be to enable users to social network, using data from sensors as one input.
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