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2009-12-06 Science & Technology

DARPA balloon hunt tests internet accuracy

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Posted by Pappy 2009-12-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 This follows on some previous experiments re: crowd sourcing and social network effects. The original Where's George experiment done by some academics traced the location of dollar bills whose recipients from around the world (including in African villages) were asked to send a dollar to someone they knew, who in turn was asked to send it to someone they knew, in an attempt to get it to a specific destination. It took surprisingly few hops for most of the bills to arrive, underscoring the fact that social proximity isn't limited geographically.

The question of how information and influence spreads has direct national security implications which is why DARPA's investing in this sort of research.

Posted by lotp 2009-12-06 08:43|| 2009-12-06 08:43|| Front Page Top

#2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc

Posted by Uncle Phester 2009-12-06 09:02|| 2009-12-06 09:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Shouldn't they have used 99 red balloons?

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2009-12-06 11:24|| 2009-12-06 11:24|| Front Page Top

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