DIY hurricane forecasting, no supercomputer or Ph.D required
Hurricane-tracking site Stormpulse just added user profiles and human-consensus forecasting, a potentially cool feature that I could try to explain, but which you would be far better off just reading about over this way. Needless to say, the wisdom of crowds relies on attracting a crowd, so check out Stormpulse now and try your hand at forecasting when the next hurricane rolls around.
Now here’s the part where I casually mention that, as Will recently noted, and as I’ve been meaning to point out for a couple weeks now, Matt Wensing, one of the gigantic brains behind Stormpulse, is now a colleague over at the office. In the interest of still fuller disclosure, I’ll just further note that Stormpulse isn’t affiliated with our employer. So what does Matt do all day, then? I can’t give too much away, but here’s a hint: lolcats. Uh-oh, I’ve already said too much …
