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the user (time, energy usage of battery), the amount of people who will participate in these applica-
tions will skyrocket. One main area that community sensing could be applied are college campuses.
Campuses provide a flurry of activity with a group of users who love participating in new programs
that could potentially help themselves. If a developer or researcher would use the abundant resources
on a college campus, they also could show their applications to students who potentially could take
that application across the country after graduation if it has not spread already. College students also
might come up with new thoughts as to what the applications could potentially do.
In some areas of community sensi