I'm not an early adopter. I like new gadgets, but I don't have a burning urge to possess the latest, hottest item. I prefer to see how people use a certain product or service and find out about its pros and cons first.
That said, sign me up for Microsoft's Clearflow technology. This free software helps to predict traffic jams based on algorithms that factor in previous data plus sensors on the highway that track current information. This is technology at its best. New York City might even become a more civil place because of this. As crazy as this sounds, traffic and parking (if you have a car) loom over everything in New York. It's bizarre the way you get used to it. The whole subculture of people who work and/or sleep in their cars while waiting for the alternate side rules to expire, and the constant debates about the best way to drive somewhere are a strange but necessary evil. Now I just have to get a SmartPhone so I can easily carry this info around with me.
On a largely unrelated note that's cool but not worthy of its own post, Google Earth has added a feature from The New York Times which embeds news stories onto the map so you can see where the stories are taking place. Maybe this will help kids with their geography.
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