30/06/2012Russian tourism in Catalunya | Telefónica I+D
Roaming data indicate the place of origin of the user. In this case, we can ob...
10/03/2014Visitors data analytics | Counterest
In numerous contemporary environments from shopping centres and supermarkets t...
08/05/2014The world’s pulse | Interviews
With Adam Greenfield, author of “Against the smart city” (2013) an...
30/06/2013BCN Beats | Diversos
Real-time map of what is happening in the city, and includes traffic density, ...
01/01/2014Flux | Pim Pam Pum
Flux shows the flows of financial transactions in Madrid and Barcelona, deter-...
27/02/2012MWC Impact | CARTODB and BBVA
The interactive visualization shows the number of credit card transactions in ...
30/06/2006Flightradar24-Live air traffic | Flightradar24
Flight tracking service that provides you with real-time info about thousands ...
20/07/2006Flight Patterns | Aaron Koblin
Aaron Koblin uses data to tell amazing visual stories that reflect on life and...
09/09/2012Wind Map | Fernanda Viegas and Martin Watterberg
Wind Map is the representation, in real time, of the movements of the winds th...
30/06/2012Barcelona cruise passenger behavior | Telefónica I+D
Every time a cruise ship arrives in Barcelona, a phenomenon of connection to l...
04/12/2013_BIG BANG DATA
_BIG BANG DATA is an exhibition about the ‘datafication’ of the world curate...
08/05/2014Data Falls | Domestic Data Streamers
How can we extract quantative data on the impact of a work of art? This is the...
Barcelona 9 May - 16 November 2014 | Madrid 12 March – 24 May 2015 | Buenos Aires 2 July – 28 November 2015
The world’s pulse
THE WORLD’S PULSE
What is datafication?The ease of storing large volumes of information at low cost comes hand in hand with another determining factor: ease in producing this information, thanks to the millions of sensors flooding the world. From GPS receivers that monitor goods and passenger transport to those measuring air quality in cities, the traffic on the roads and the functioning of assembly lines, for example.
This infrastructure is now essential for major global systems to work, but it also offers a new narrative, in real time, of urban, social, and economic mechanics.