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Re:Swarmsourcing: Radar Detection by tocomment on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @11:18PM (#1986000)
Here's a really simple idea.

Make radar detectors emit radar when a trap is confirmed.

Use case: Radar detector alerts you to what it thinks is a trap. If it is a trap, you hit a button and it will emit radar for 5 or 10 seconds to warns approaching motorists? The bonus is all existing radar detectors can pick up the signal.

Re:Swarmsourcing: Radar Detection by xxpor on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @11:24PM (#1986022)
By emitting with enough power to be useful, you get into the range that you need to have a licence.
Re:Swarmsourcing: Radar Detection by ruslan on Thursday December 09, 2010 @01:25AM (#1986368)
I think by "emmitting" Tocomment means "sending update to the server", thus notifying everyone who is connected and is in some certain range from the point.
Re:Swarmsourcing: Radar Detection by tocomment on Thursday December 09, 2010 @10:53AM (#1987858)
No I domean emitting radar. Now a radar gun obvoisly doesn't need a license and that emits detectible radar.

To make my idea legal how about building a combination radar detector/radar gun. Officially the purspose of the radar gun is to get a second estimate on your speed when you may be in proximaty of a trap.

Re:Swarmsourcing: Radar Detection by iter on Thursday December 09, 2010 @11:25AM (#1987975)
Sort of like Ethernet collisions? You notice a collision and start yelling "collision, collision" on the segment?
Re:Swarmsourcing: Radar Detection by tocomment on Thursday December 09, 2010 @10:13PM (#1990437)
I think so?