We are headed for the death of cities. In 2008, half the world population is living in cities.
mapping = complexity to simplicity
How do we make sense of all these digital representations of physical spaces? Bunch of projects.
(haha! the cyborg’s primary tool is the iPhone ;-))
Represent the map of the city in a different way. Map of cellphone activity in Rome around the World Cup Finals.
Concentration of pedestrians (difficult in Rome, because you usually use velocity to identify pedestrians, and pedestrians often move faster than vehicles!)
Barcelona, photos on Flickr.
View density of pictures taken in various places. (Florence for example.) Patterns of movement of Italians vs. Americans in Italy.
Map of Barcelona which shows pictures from Flickr streaming out of it, over time (video map). Filter by tag. Paralells between geography of brits and parties in Barcelona 😉
New York 2008
New York talk exchange. Who is NY talking to? Spinning globe showing phone calls as threads linking two places. Over time, too. Beautiful!
Zoom and see what parts of the city are calling what parts of the world. Information on the composition of those areas.
Zaragoza 2008
*steph-note: tuned out during that one, sorry. Something about an info box at the expo, water on the roof and running down the sides, and a roof which collapses to the ground — better run out fast!*
Other projects: GreenWheel — on a bike, capture energy while you’re braking. Copenhagen citybike. Smart tags to see where your garbage goes (awareness! Wall-E!) Put tags in the trash in NY and then follow it.