Ph.D. student develops SMS service for Magic Bus

Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. student Scott Wolchok created UmBus, a program that allows students to check Magic Bus — an online bus tracking service — from their cell phones.

By texting “umbus” to 41411, and using a few simple commands, students can find out when a bus will be arriving at a specific stop.

A guide to the SMSBus commands can be found at mbusreloaded.com/smshelp.

[via Michigan Daily]

Related "Where's the bus" SMS alerts:

-- Pupils switch on to text-&-go bus timetable service

-- SuperBus Answers to Your Texts

-- Where's the bus?

-- Hold the Bus!

emily | 3:18 PM | New SMS Services |
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