PCs have about a 14 month design cycle, driven by the influences of tooling lead times and retail selling cycles (human behavior patterns).

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Analyzing raw data derived from specially designed social sensing ID badges that collect quantitative data on human behavior, Waber began drawing out patterns to help predict outcomes in a variety of situations.

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It also turns out that ordinary speech patterns may be excellent predictors of human behavior in real life.

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