Sensors and the City: IBM Exhibit Visualizes Today's Urban Problems--and Potential Solutions

 

DATA ON DISPLAY: IBM's "Think" exhibit, at New York City's Lincoln Center through October 23, features a 37.5-by-4.3-meter digital data visualization wall. The data have been harvested by IBM from 100 sensors throughout the city, analyzed for patterns and rendered into visualizations to create a more complete picture of the city's oft-ignored problems and potential solutions. Image: Courtesy of IBM

Scientific American
By Larry Greenemeier
The IBM "Think" exhibit analyzes data to create virtual representations of wasted drinking water, solar-energy potential, traffic snarls, air quality and credit card transactions in and around New York City

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