Flood Beacon warns of danger in real time

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http://www.cnet.com/news/flood-beacon-sends-out-real-time-water-rising-updates/

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This is so low on detail as to be almost content-free, presumably in the spirit of the boondoggle "Flood hackathon" itself. If you're interested in a working application of sensor technology in this area, have a look at the Oxford Flood Network:

http://oxfloodnet.co.uk http://odec.org.uk/occupy-whitespace-the-oxford-flood-networ...