Intrade users think Congress won't approve increase in US debt ceiling to $15.1T or more before midnight ET 31 Jul 2011 >> Intrade
july 2011 by guardiantech
InTrade is a prediction system using crowdsourcing: people "buy" or "sell" a decision ahead of it happening. Keep this one bookmarked. On Sunday night is was at 21% chance of happening.
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from delicious
july 2011 by guardiantech
The Really Smart Phone >> WSJ.com
may 2011 by guardiantech
"Apple and Google may be intensifying privacy concerns by tracking where and when people use their mobile phones—but the true future of consumer surveillance is taking shape inside the cellphones at a weather-stained apartment complex in Cambridge, Mass.<br />
"For almost two years, Alex Pentland at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has tracked 60 families living in campus quarters via sensors and software on their smartphones—recording their movements, relationships, moods, health, calling habits and spending. In this wealth of intimate detail, he is finding patterns of human behavior that could reveal how millions of people interact at home, work and play.<br />
"Through these and other cellphone research projects, scientists are able to pinpoint "influencers," the people most likely to make others change their minds. The data can predict with uncanny accuracy where people are likely to be at any given time in the future."<br />
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Even predicts market movements. Amazing.
charlesarthur
security
privacy
predictions
from delicious
"For almost two years, Alex Pentland at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has tracked 60 families living in campus quarters via sensors and software on their smartphones—recording their movements, relationships, moods, health, calling habits and spending. In this wealth of intimate detail, he is finding patterns of human behavior that could reveal how millions of people interact at home, work and play.<br />
"Through these and other cellphone research projects, scientists are able to pinpoint "influencers," the people most likely to make others change their minds. The data can predict with uncanny accuracy where people are likely to be at any given time in the future."<br />
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Even predicts market movements. Amazing.
may 2011 by guardiantech