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 Mob - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The word mob has its origins in the 17th century when it was formed from the latin mobile vulgus, meaning a vacillating crowd.
A flash mob is a group of people participating in worldwide e-mail-driven experiments organizing groups to suddenly materialize in public places, interact with others according to a loose script and then dissipate just as suddenly as they appeared.
A mob is the collective noun for a group of kangaroos
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mob   (213 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article on Smart mob [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A recently established form of social coordination made possible by using modern technology, such as the Internet and wireless devices like mobile phones and PDAs, a "smart mob" is a group that, contrary to the usual connotations of a mob, behaves intelligently or efficiently because of its exponentially-increasing network links.
Essentially, the smart mob is a practical implementation of collective intelligence.
According to Rheingold, examples of smart mobs are the street protests organized by the anti-globalization movement.
encyclozine.com /Smart_mob   (217 words)

  
 Smart Mobs: Ubiquitous Social Encyclopedia
Smart mobs emerge when communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation.
The impacts of smart mob technology already appear to be both beneficial and destructive.
Shibuya Epiphany, Smart Mobs and the Power of the Mobile Many, Technologies of Cooperation
www.smartmobs.com /archive/2005/05/02/ubiquitous_soci.html   (269 words)

  
 The Moscow Times (Russia): Flash Mob: Art, Smart or Just Absurd, THE MOSCOW TIMES@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Flash Mob: Art, Smart or Just Absurd, THE MOSCOW TIMES
A flash mob of about 200 reading newspapers Saturday outside the
But the television cameras were actually filming a flash mob:
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