Rain Drops Signal Cell Phones 86
An anonymous reader writes "Signals from mobile phone masts have been used to measure rainfall patterns in Israel, scientists report. From the BBC article: 'The University of Tel-Aviv analyzed information routinely collected by mobile networks and say their technique is more accurate than current methods used by meteorological services. The data is a by-product of mobile network operators' need to monitor signal strength. If bad weather causes a signal to drop, an automatic system analyzing the data boosts the signal to make sure that people can still use their mobile phones. The amount of reduction in signal strength gave the researchers an indication of how much rain had fallen.'"
what was that? (Score:5, Funny)
The weatherman? (Score:5, Funny)
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Can you Hear me now (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Headline? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Headline? (Score:5, Funny)
Feature Creep. (Score:5, Funny)
Then came the ringtones and other customization features, and those were fun to toy with.
Then there was web-browsing, which was even cooler, and actually served to make the phone more useful.
Then came the cameras for still-image and video capture - why for nobody knows, but people love it anyway.
Given all of that neat stuff, and the increasingly computer-like nature of cellular phones, what's the next feature on the horizon, you ask?
Portable weather stations. It just makes sense.
You need to read between the words... (Score:3, Funny)
"I'm zonked, it's late, and I'm going to copy and paste
Weird title. (Score:4, Funny)
Rain drops drop cell phone signal.
Rain drops cell phone signal.
Rain signalled by cell phone signal drops.
Cell phone signal drops signals rain.
Cell phones signal rain drops.
Drop in cell phone signal signals rain.
and quite a few more.
Re:So you're telling me... (Score:3, Funny)