Jonathon Triest

Density for iOS - See how busy popular places are in real time.

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Jesse Middleton
Weird, keep getting an "Invalid email" while trying to signup error. But this seems super cool.
Andrew Farah
@srcasm Hm.. @benredfield will shoot you a note.
Ben Redfield
@srcasm Try logging in with the email you tried to sign up with. We're looking into this issue. Shoot me a note at ben@density.io if that doesn't work!
Babu Kumaran
Do you have any metric showing the accuracy of your counting sensor? I am just wondering how the count works if people enter in groups together (without gaps).
Andrew Farah
@babu_ck - We can achieve 100% accuracy when people enter cleanly but accuracy is dependent on how well we handle edge cases. Too many in a row and our numbers can be wrong off. - It hasn't been brought up yet but we're essentially identifying patterns that occur in the voltage readout of two parallel sensors (see image above). Two different people, even if passing through without a gap, show enough of a difference in their pattern to tell them apart. It simply takes time to root out all of these granular edge cases. - Right now we handle a lot of edge cases well. But there's always more we can do to improve. Sorry that's not a straight-forward percentage. But what's really interesting about your question is that we don't actually have a baseline to compare our results to. In other words, we're the only thing counting. So, right now the only way to create a control is to have a human count by hand and then compare the resulting data. Which is a surprisingly taxing task. We could use video surveillance but that's another matter entirely.
Patrick Edgett
@andrewfarah if only it translated crowds to wait times. ;)
Andrew Farah
@patrickedgett Someday :)
Jack Shalom
Adding this to Best of 2015 collection!
Andrew Farah
@jeshalom We're adding *you* to the Best of 2015 collection...
David Wong
Gosh I had this idea a year ago when I was looking for a place to live. I wondered if there was an app that could tell you what "districts" were more or less noisy each day of the week.
Andrew Farah
@lyon01_david When you say noisy do you mean loud or busy? They probably relate but I'm curious.
David Wong
@andrewfarah more loud. Like "you won't be able to sleep here"
Elizabeth M.
Cool concept. The business owners that see potential will work with you. I think the locations will have to limited by geography and/or popularity.
Win Raguini
Glad to see you finally up here @andrewfarah. And well-deserving of the upvotes. Great job man!
Andrew Farah
@dckaos You need to meet @jtriest... Thanks!
Jason Zopf
This would be incredible in a hospital. It also would be able to give more accurate appointment times. How long till anyone can install one?
Andrew Farah
@jasonzopf Honestly, if you know a hospital... let's talk. andrew AT density.io
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Ben Redfield
@malinkawal "Friends Don't Let Friends Look Dead On The Internet", haha. This is clever.
Neila Romdane
uhm great way to know when to go in a bar to distribute flyers for an event :)
Andrew Farah
@neila_r That's interesting. Someone once suggested we sell the data to Red Bull so they can hand out free drinks at the busiest bars :).