TECH - New crime-prediction research highlights the promise of big data

I'm taking a break from writing about the nitty gritty of Hadoop to highlight yet another promising use case for big data - fighting crime. A new study by University of Michigan researchers details a method for using - according to a university press release - "high-powered computers and loads of data" to help police target neighborhoods most susceptible to high crime rates. However, it's not the idea of using data to predict or even solve crime ...

http://gigaom.com/2013/02/21/new-crime-prediction-research-highlights-