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AC-"CELL"-ERATION... THE "DISCOVERY FILES": NEW ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. IF LIFE IS A JOURNEY, WE COMMUTERS MUST BE LIVING IT UP. NOW, THANKS TO THE PROLIFERATION OF CELL-PHONES IN CARS, A NEW REAL-TIME TRAFFIC-INFORMATION SYSTEM IS A REALITY--AND IT'S BRILLIANT IN ITS SIMPLICITY. EVERY CELL-PHONE--WHETHER IN USE OR NOT--EMITS A SIGNAL AS IT LOOKS FOR TOWERS. THE "TRAFFIC-AID" SYSTEM--DEVELOPED BY "INTELLI-ONE" OF ATLANTA--MATCHES THOSE SIGNALS WITH ROAD MAPS--AND CAN MONITOR AND SHOW AVERAGE SPEEDS AND TRAVEL TIMES EVERY HALF-SECOND. BY THE WAY, THE SIGNALS FROM CELL-PHONES ARE ANONYMOUS; THE SYSTEM ONLY SEES LOCATION AND MOTION. THE OTHER ADVANTAGE IS THAT IT USES EXISTING CELLULAR NETWORKS: THERE'S NO NEED TO INSTALL EXPENSIVE ROAD-SENSORS; IT WORKS ANYWHERE THERE'S CELL-COVERAGE. USING MOBILE PHONES TO MAKE US MORE MOBILE: THIS COULD BE THE COOLEST THING TO HAPPEN TO CELLS SINCE THE RING-TONE. THE "DISCOVERY FILES" COVERS PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOU! LEARN MORE AT "N-S-F"-DOT-GOV--OR ON THEIR PODCAST.
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