The Daily Populous Monday February 3rd, 2020 morning edition
Using a cart of 99 smartphones, artist Simon Weckert is able to generate virtual traffic jams in Google Maps. Through this, it is possible to turn a otherwise empty, 'green' street into a 'red' one -- which has an impact in the physical world by navigating cars on another route.
I’ve thought about this recently how Apple/Google Map applications have an algorithm for which user’s will be routed into a traffic jam and which will be routed around a traffic jam.
cubcubcub81 on February 2nd, 2020 at 19:47 UTC »
I’ve thought about this recently how Apple/Google Map applications have an algorithm for which user’s will be routed into a traffic jam and which will be routed around a traffic jam.
DpwnShift on February 2nd, 2020 at 20:33 UTC »
Google's new traffic jam minimum threshold: 100 data sources.
Brisan7 on February 2nd, 2020 at 21:00 UTC »
They were smart to blur his face. Now to find the guy carrying a little red waggon around Berlin.