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Traffic Sim Predicts Jams Before They Happen
Via_Patrino writes "The New Scientist reports that: A traffic simulation system is helping drivers by predicting jams up to an hour before they happen. Traffic flow can be divided into three categories: freely flowing, jammed, and an intermediate state called synchronised flow in which dense traffic moves in unison. Physicists at University of Duisburg-Essen have developed 'the first model to reproduce all known traffic states.' Predicted conditions are displayed on the official website, and more than 90 per cent of the time, traffic density is predicted correctly."
No, really.
I mean that.
Seriously.
how exciting
It will be incorporated into the original program by skynet-style intelligence, which will eventually take over the world, but that's a different story.
In case you're wondering, the parent poster (OverlordQ) is a confirmed troll who accidentally revealed his identity in a recent page-widening post. Not only that, but when confronted with the evidence, he didn't even have the stones to admit he'd been caught red-handed. So sad.