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"In an effort to find a cheaper alternative to permanent road sensors, Nokia conducted a large-scale experiment to test how cell phones can monitor and predict traffic. The experiment was in collaboration with the California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT), CalTrans, and Berkeley&amp;#039;s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. In the all day experiment, 100 UC Berkeley students drove a 10-mile stretch of the nearby 880 freeway. &amp;quot;Each student car was issued a Nokia N95 phone with GPS and special traffic-monitoring software developed by Nokia&amp;#039;s Palo Alto, Calif.-based research lab--plus a Bluetooth headset,&amp;quot; News.com detailed. &amp;quot;As the students drove the freeway, the phone sent data about each car&amp;#039;s speed and position back to the company&amp;#039;s research facility. The data is compiled and used to predict traffic patterns and help drivers get where they need to be quickly.&amp;quot;  Nokia Chief Technology Officer Bob Iannucci, who was on hand for the field test, said this particular project is moving at a more aggressive pace than most of Nokia&amp;#039;s research because of the potential impact of the experiment. He hopes to expand the experiment from 100 to possibly 1,000 people soon. And instead of participating in a one-day test, users would be invited to use the traffic monitoring software in the course of their daily routines."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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