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Cell Phone Data Predicts Movement Patterns

azoblue writes "In a study published in Science, researchers examined customer location data culled from cellular service providers. By looking at how customers moved around, the authors of the study found that it may be possible to predict human movement patterns and location up to 93 percent of the time."

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  1. Re:Sleep and Work? by noidentity · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seeing how 66.67% of the time I am either sleeping at home or at work it shouldn't be too hard to fill the other 27% with commute/grocery shopping.

    I predict you're in a non-mathematical field, perhaps banking.