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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Open Source Software is Important for Modern Science. February 3, 2014. A Call for Open Crowdsourcing Platforms. There are many problems that we might solve with the large-scale crowdsourcing of data obtained through smartphones. Waze. Has made significant progress collecting live traffic data which is used to help users avoid traffic, thus potentially lessening the overall negative effects of heavy traffic and therefore pollution. Some researchers ...
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August | 2013 | Jacob's Blog
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Monthly Archives: August 2013. PressureNET 4.0 Beta: testing new methods of crowdsourcing weather data. August 20, 2013. Launched pressureNET 4.0 Beta. The update has a lot of new features like regional graphs, location search, and a host of new options and preferences. We’ve added new units, as well, and support for addition sensors beyond the barometer, such as the hygrometer and thermometer aboard the Samsung Galaxy S4. Or download directly here.
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. PressureNET 4.0 Beta: testing new methods of crowdsourcing weather data. August 20, 2013. Launched pressureNET 4.0 Beta. The update has a lot of new features like regional graphs, location search, and a host of new options and preferences. We’ve added new units, as well, and support for addition sensors beyond the barometer, such as the hygrometer and thermometer aboard the Samsung Galaxy S4. Or download directly here. And send me an email. May 31, 2013.
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Skip to primary content. PressureNET 4.0 Beta: testing new methods of crowdsourcing weather data. August 20, 2013. Launched pressureNET 4.0 Beta. The update has a lot of new features like regional graphs, location search, and a host of new options and preferences. We’ve added new units, as well, and support for addition sensors beyond the barometer, such as the hygrometer and thermometer aboard the Samsung Galaxy S4. Or download directly here. And send me an email. This entry was posted in Exploration.
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Skip to primary content. I’m a software developer and startup CEO living in Toronto, Canada. I’m interested in the cosmos, software, atmospheric science, artificial intelligence and many other things. I’m currently focused on PressureNet. If you’d like to contact me, please send an email to jacob.sheehy@gmail.com. Or follow me on twitter at @vallesmarineris. Proudly powered by WordPress.
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March | 2013 | Jacob's Blog
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Monthly Archives: March 2013. Living in the Future: Startup Ideas. March 26, 2013. As of yesterday I’m working full time on Cumulonimbus. My weather data startup that’s seen fantastic growth and media attention recently. We’re collecting about 300,000 atmospheric pressure measurements per day from Android devices with pressureNET. But I have a lot of ideas for future startups. What do you think? 1 Autonomous air delivery. Promotion involved networked, c...
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May | 2013 | Jacob's Blog
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Monthly Archives: May 2013. Imagining Success for Today’s Startups. May 31, 2013. Imagine 20 to 30 years out and pretend your favourite startups today have been wildly successful. What kind of world will they have created? If each of these endeavours is successful, the 2030s are going to be an incredible time: commonplace AI, spaceships, renewable energy and cheap, clean transportation. What kind of society will we be? May 8, 2013. Google shows the trig...
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December | 2013 | Jacob's Blog
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Monthly Archives: December 2013. Locally crowdsourced weather notifications to improve model accuracy. December 13, 2013. The weather is sometimes extremely localized: it might be snowing where you are, but two blocks away it might be sunny. This level of granularity is rarely captured by weather forecasts, since obtaining such high-resolution data and making forecasts at this micro scale is extremely difficult. Proudly powered by WordPress.
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February | 2014 | Jacob's Blog
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Monthly Archives: February 2014. Open Source Software is Important for Modern Science. February 3, 2014. A Call for Open Crowdsourcing Platforms. There are many problems that we might solve with the large-scale crowdsourcing of data obtained through smartphones. Waze. Has made significant progress collecting live traffic data which is used to help users avoid traffic, thus potentially lessening the overall negative effects of heavy traffic and therefore...
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