this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2023
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[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I feel like a backpack might achieve the same thing

[–] Cheesus 18 points 1 year ago

It was an art piece so he wanted it to be more visible

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assume Google detects if you're walking with your phone, so that walking people don't mess up the traffic jam feature. And that dolley tricks these phones into thinking they're in a car.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 5 points 1 year ago

I was under the impression that Google made that calculation based on average speed. But there may be something to that. Maybe it's both.

[–] viperex 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You say that like there's something wrong with a wagon.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 7 points 1 year ago

Don't get me wrong, I love the wagon!

[–] SpaceNoodle 9 points 1 year ago

I'd rather lug 30-40 lbs. of equipment around in a little wagon.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I'll take a wild guess that he maybe wanted to build distance between himself and the phones, especially if he does this repeatedly. For a few phones, radiation and tissue heating is not an important consideration but for 100 phones it might be.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

we will wait for your assertion to prove itself, then, together.