UC/Berkeley Releases Cellphone Program to Help Ease Traffic

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Beginning today, UCB will offer free downloads of a new software program for your cell that will help "unjam" traffic congestion. The program, which uses a global positioning system, is part of a project called Mobile Millennium. Berkeley researchers claim the new phone program will "provide live traffic conditions" and "tell people how long their commute will take and help them avoid traffic by steering them to less congested roads." The futuristic new app will also tell you when you how late you will be to a specific destination. Cool. The software program is only available to those of you with GPS-equipped cellphones. (CBS 5)

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Awesome, I've always wanted my every move to be tracked by THE MAN.

Why are they delivering real-time info to a device you're not (really) allowed to use in a car?

I wonder how many extra accidents it will cause as people read the information off of their phones while driving.

I think this is the plan of the new bond movie - terrorists seize control of the ap and steer unsuspecting people to their deaths off of unfinished overpasses.

And then there's the plot of the new Charlie Kaufman movie: unnamed poster kills with trenchant comments after he gets home from work but it's too late and nobody reads them.

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