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Cell Phones Predict the Future

Posted by timothy on from the yes-they-do-no-they-don't dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Wired News reports that cell phones were used in a recent project at MIT to both document and predict the lives of 100 MIT faculty and staff members. During the Reality Mining Project at MIT, Researcher Nathan Eagle logged 350,000 hours of data over nine months about the location, proximity, activity and communication of volunteers through cell phones carried by the participants. From the article, "Given enough data, Eagle's algorithms were able to predict what people -- especially professors and Media Lab employees -- would do next and be right up to 85 percent of the time."

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  1. Well in college I'm usual in one place. by teiresias · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given enough data, Eagle's algorithms were able to predict what people -- especially professors and Media Lab employees -- would do next and be right up to 85 percent of the time."

    Course, in my college days, if my cell phone predicted I'd be in the computer lab, 99% of the time it'd be right.

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  2. My cell phone is telling me... by ucahg · · Score: 5, Funny

    My cell phone is telling me that on thursday I will read this story again.

  3. Old News by asscroft · · Score: 5, Funny

    My cell phone told me this yesterday!

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