App detects potholes, alerts Boston city officials – USATODAY.com

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Boston officials are testing an app called Street Bump that allows drivers to automatically report the road hazards to the city as soon as they hear that unfortunate "thud," with their smartphones doing all the work.

via App detects potholes, alerts Boston city officials – USATODAY.com.

Sounds just like Cartel’s Pothole Patrol (2007), but based on research at WPI, uses smartphones instead of dedicated IMUs, and actually in use in Boston!!

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