tonchidot (sekaicamera) aka-aki Using Smartphones to Improve Urban Walkability This post is also available in: Chinese (Traditional), Spanish When it comes to walking in the city, a smartphone is now almost as important as a good pair of shoes. Our phones provide us with pedestrian sat-nav, reviews of the best places to visit and even measure how many calories we’re burning, while we walk. In fact, recent research suggests that our phones are encouraging us to walk further in the city and explore more places. Now a new mobile app from Walkonomics provides an essential tool for the walkable lifestyle. The Walkonomics app enables people to check the walkability of the street they’re standing in, as well as discover new walkable streets in other areas and add their own reviews. Road safety;Easy to cross;Pavement/Sidewalk;Hilliness;Navigation;Fear of crime;Smart & beautiful;Fun & relaxing. This crowdsourcing approach is further enhanced by the Walkonomics mobile app which enables users to add their own ratings and reviews as they walk down each street.
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Loopt - Discover the world around you Researchers Use Data from Cheap Cell Phones in the Developing World to Combat Disease Outbreaks At a computer in her office at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, epidemiologist Caroline Buckee points to a dot on a map of Kenya’s western highlands, representing one of the nation’s thousands of cell-phone towers. In the fight against malaria, Buckee explains, the data transmitted from this tower near the town of Kericho has been epidemiological gold. When she and her colleagues studied the data, she found that people making calls or sending text messages originating at the Kericho tower were making 16 times more trips away from the area than the regional average. What’s more, they were three times more likely to visit a region northeast of Lake Victoria that records from the health ministry identified as a malaria hot spot. This work is now feeding into a new set of predictive models she is building. “This is the future of epidemiology. Blank Slate Most important, their work led to a model that could guide responses to future disasters. Scaling Up
Android users prepare to have your minds blown with Lonely Planet’s new augmented reality Compass guide features. Lonely Planet, publisher of popular travel guides, has released embedded augmented reality features in to new, Android versions of its mobile city guide apps, overlaying place-of-interest information on pictures seen through travelers’ cellphone cameras. Currently Lonely Planet has five Android travel guides for U.S. cities using the new augmented reality Lonely Planet features, and is now rolling out the features for half of the 50-plus main city destinations it covers. According to the updated Android app page on the company’s site: “Lonely Planet’s Compass guides provide expert advice and recommendations – for seasoned travellers and fledgling explorers alike. Navigate a city like a pro with our trusted travel content and high-quality maps. Through the app, Android users can: See current location and “plot itineraries on dynamic, GPS-enabled maps. Grab practical information and useful tips using our augmented reality camera view. Search by proximity, interest or address
The 50 most innovative mobile apps in the world « Christian Louc Posted by Stuart Dredge @ Mobile Entertainment Tweet this 1. Google Voice The app so potentially disruptive to mobile industry economics, Apple wouldn’t let it onto the App Store. Google Voice gives people their own ‘Google number’, complete with voicemail, that they can route to any device they like at any time. 2. Much of the hype around Spotify has been based on fact: its excellent user experience on both desktop and mobile. 3. Is Foursquare a social networking app? 4. The games industry has been banging on about episodic content for years, without ever really nailing the idea. 5. Expect to hear a lot of excited talk about augmented reality at Mobile World Congress, even if opinions vary greatly about a.) what it’s for, and b.) what the business model is. 6. When Apple removed its restriction on allowing free apps to use in-app payments, the games industry wondered who’d be first to make the ‘freemium’ plunge. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. eBay for BlackBerry 18. 19. 20. 22.
Augmented Reality for Public Spaces Augmented reality (AR) has already piqued interest in the business, health, education, and entertainment communities. Now artists have begun harnessing the technology as a means of expression and social commentary. At the forefront of this burgeoning movement is BC “Heavy” Biermann. Biermann is a self-taught programmer and transmedia scholar with a foothold in both Los Angeles and St. This month, Biermann brings his insight to the IEEE panel “Omnipresent: When Virtual Meets Reality” at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. “Augmented reality will become a more integrated part of our lives. In 2005, Biermann founded The Heavy Projects (which last year brought aboard the digital media expert Ean Mering) to experiment with urban art and mobile AR technology. “We’re bombarded with commercial messaging whether we want to see it or not,” says Biermann. The technical challenges are considerable. In St.
Nokia Point & Find Mobile apps and services are truly powerful tools. They can educate, entertain, inform and inspire. And in doing so, they can help millions of people and thousands of organisations change things for the better – for individuals, communities and the planet we share. From raising awareness about environmental issues to helping reduce your carbon footprint, our green-themed apps and services offer an engaging and informative way to help protect the planet. HERE Drive, HERE Maps, HERE Transit Nokia's suite of location applications help people optimize their travel, thereby reducing emissions. Climate Mission 3D Games are by far the most downloaded applications. In Climate Mission 3D, your goal is to reduce the overall temperature of our planet, degree by degree.