Category Archives: mobility

Cabspotting

Link: Cabspotting. Cabspotting traces San Francisco’s taxi cabs as they travel throughout the Bay Area. The patterns traced by each cab create a living and always-changing map of city life. This map hints at economic, social, and cultural trends that … Continue reading

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Virtual maps

Can’t exactly figure out how to make this "fly," but it’s pretty cool nonetheless.  Yet another way to see one’s home, one’s previous home, or various other landmark sites from a bird’s eye.  Mapping has fast become the best way … Continue reading

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personal world map

This personal world map allows you to visualize the size of your world.  It has some interesting quirks, tho.  Washington DC is the only city in the US that you can choose, and distance is factored only by air travel.  … Continue reading

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architectural machines

This is a good example of technological mobility. Kim was among the 65 students studying architecture who were asked to make machines, attach them to their bodies, and figure out a way to make the machines draw, splat or dribble … Continue reading

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Continuous Computing

An interesting "discovery" of mobile technology from Technology Review: Constant connectivity has changed what it means to participate in a conference or any other gathering. Using chat rooms, blogs, wikis, Wikis: Web pages that allow users to add content or … Continue reading

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