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Softbank Simulating Disease Spread Using GPS-Enabled Phones

June 9, 2009 by Simon Sage - 1 Comment

The Japanese government has approved local service provider Softbank to conduct an experiment with schoolchildren involving GPS-enabled phones. Basically, select kiddies will be designated as “carriers”, and their transmission of the disease will be tracked based on GPS proximity to other students. The goal of the study is to track how diseases move, and see…

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