Video reblogged from knick/knack
THIS IS NERDY AWESOMENESS.
If I was more of a researcher, I’d definitely consider applying (and never get accepted) to one of the various MIT Media Labs for a Masters. They do fantastic work and the Senseable Lab is a stellar example.
“For President Obama’s 100th day in office, the MIT SENSEable City Lab has created visualizations of mobile phone call activity that characterize the inaugural crowd and answer the questions: Who was in Washington, D.C. for President Obama’s Inauguration Day? When did they arrive, where did they go, and how long did they stay? The results of our advanced data analyses are presented in two dazzling visualizations that celebrate Barack Obama and the people who supported him from all over the U.S. and the world.
In the first of a set of two, mobile activity for the city was visualized. Each square represents changes in call activity in an area of 150 x 150 meters around the Mall and Pennsylvania Avenue; the charts on the left show activity by state; and on the bottom is a timeline for activity leading up to and after the inauguration.”
Cooooooooooooooooooool
(via flowingdata)
Reminds me a bit of Batman…
Source: knickknack
