Real Time Rome
September 18, 2006 10:30 PM Subscribe
Real Time Rome, the MIT SENSEable City Lab’s contribution to the 2006 Venice Biennale, aggregated data from cell phones, buses and taxis in Rome to better understand urban dynamics in real time. via information aesthetics
Cool! I'm a green dot!
Seriously, this is pretty neat. I wonder how (or if) they adjusted the data to account for people who have more than one cell phone. And some information on when the exhibit is coming here would be nice as well...
posted by romakimmy at 3:27 AM on September 19, 2006
Seriously, this is pretty neat. I wonder how (or if) they adjusted the data to account for people who have more than one cell phone. And some information on when the exhibit is coming here would be nice as well...
posted by romakimmy at 3:27 AM on September 19, 2006
It probably isn't going to be touring - it's an exhibit for the architecture Biennale in Venice, til mid-November.
posted by Flashman at 6:10 AM on September 19, 2006
posted by Flashman at 6:10 AM on September 19, 2006
This technology could easily make money if it was able to do different cities and parts of countrysides. Civil engineers and marketing/advertising folks would dump loads of cash for this info. And if it was real time, and not just an analysis, for sale, then you might be able to see stoplights that are smarter, in-car GPS travel-things giving better traffic AI, a more efficient bus and subway system, and of course, billboards that change based on the density of the highway traffic.
posted by cleverusername at 8:00 AM on September 19, 2006
posted by cleverusername at 8:00 AM on September 19, 2006
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Still, it is very cool - I just wish we actually could access the real 'real time' data.
posted by Flashman at 1:18 AM on September 19, 2006