TEDGlobal: App offers safety in a riot

wyatt1 Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:25 pm

A smartphone application, enabling people in the middle of riots to find safety, has been shown off at the TEDGlobal event in Edinburgh.

The app has been developed by Salvatore Iaconesi, a newly created TED Fellow.

The software, not yet publicly released, takes data from a range of social networks and uses it to let people know what areas are least affected by trouble.

Users point their phones and a colour interface indicates dangerous areas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18601078

A sign of the times Suspect

Flap Zappa Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:10 pm

wyatt1 wrote:A smartphone application, enabling people in the middle of riots to find safety, has been shown off at the TEDGlobal event in Edinburgh.

The app has been developed by Salvatore Iaconesi, a newly created TED Fellow.

The software, not yet publicly released, takes data from a range of social networks and uses it to let people know what areas are least affected by trouble.

Users point their phones and a colour interface indicates dangerous areas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18601078

A sign of the times

oh you can just see the lawsuits coming when it gets it wrong.