If not, or if so and you still deem the belief viable, move on the next step: how do I construct a small experiment to determine if my data-supported belief is, in fact, real.

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The goal of the experiment was to see if GPS-enabled cell phones could improve the way traffic data is collected.

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Because the experiment was designed to test the ability of current networks to carry high-bandwidth data, no explicit QoS support was employed.

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Apparently, the idea will be to exercise its radar with Israel's indigenous missile defense capabilities - adding additional test data to a similar U.S. experiment conducted last month while potentially considerably augmenting Israel's antimissile protection.

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We've seen scientists experiment with DNA as a storage medium -- most recently with a Harvard team fitting 704TB of data onto a single gram of the genetic material -- and it looks like that research trend is only picking up.

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