'NoiseTube': cell phone app that maps noise pollution.Byline: ANI London, November 19 (ANI): Mobile phones will soon be upgraded to monitor noise pollution. Nicolas Maisonneuve of the Sony Computer Science Laboratory in Paris, France, has introduced a downloadable software app, called 'NoiseTube,' which will enhance smartphones to monitor noise pollution. The software records any sound picked up by the phone's microphone, along with its the GPS location, which gets transmitted to NoiseTube's server. The name of the street and the city then gets converted into a format that can be used with Google Earth A 3D mapping program from Google that covers the entire globe from satellite images. Requiring a download for Windows, Mac and Linux desktops, a street address can be searched, and the views can be zoomed down to the individual building all the way up to a satellite's view of the globe. , reports New Scientist. Accordingly, locations are labeled as dangerous on the basis of noise pollution. Andrea Iacoponi of ARPAT, an environmental protection agency based in Pisa, Italy, said: "NoiseTube could provide an extra tool to noise experts and decision makers in environmental noise management. "It can be used to improve the accuracy of European Directive strategic noise maps." At present only a few Sony Ericsson For an arrangement of Sony Ericsson products, see list of Sony Ericsson products Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. and Nokia cell phones can run the application. However, the research team is working on making it compatible with all handsets. Maisonneuve ended: "We are currently working on a method to automatically calibrate To adjust or bring into balance. Scanners, CRTs and similar peripherals may require periodic adjustment. Unlike digital devices, the electronic components within these analog devices may change from their original specification. See color calibration and tweak. microphones." (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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