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The world’s pulse

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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.
  • Barcelona heat (economic map) | Telefónica I+D
    30/06/2012

    Barcelona heat (economic map) | Telefónica I+D

    Mobile telephone data segmented by time bands give rise to a new territorial d...
  • Thingful.net | Umbrellium
    04/05/2013

    Thingful.net | Umbrellium

    All over the world, millions of organisations and individuals use connected ob...
  • BCN Beats | Diversos
    30/06/2013

    BCN Beats | Diversos

    Real-time map of what is happening in the city, and includes traffic density, ...
  • MWC Impact | CARTODB and BBVA
    27/02/2012

    MWC Impact | CARTODB and BBVA

    The interactive visualization shows the number of credit card transactions in ...
  • Flightradar24-Live air traffic | Flightradar24
    30/06/2006

    Flightradar24-Live air traffic | Flightradar24

    Flight tracking service that provides you with real-time info about thousands ...
  • Wind Map | Fernanda Viegas and Martin Watterberg
    09/09/2012

    Wind Map | Fernanda Viegas and Martin Watterberg

    Wind Map is the representation, in real time, of the movements of the winds th...
  • _BIG BANG DATA
    04/12/2013

    _BIG BANG DATA

    _BIG BANG DATA is an exhibition about the ‘datafication’ of the world curate...
  • The world’s pulse | Interviews
    08/05/2014

    The world’s pulse | Interviews

    With Adam Greenfield, author of “Against the smart city” (2013) an...
  • Data Falls | Domestic Data Streamers
    08/05/2014

    Data Falls | Domestic Data Streamers

    How can we extract quantative data on the impact of a work of art? This is the...
  • Barcelona Commercial Footprints | Xavier Giménez
    30/06/2013

    Barcelona Commercial Footprints | Xavier Giménez

    The project is an interactive Data Visualization to explore purchases made by ...
  • Visitors data analytics | Counterest
    10/03/2014

    Visitors data analytics | Counterest

    In numerous contemporary environments from shopping centres and supermarkets t...
  • Russian tourism in Catalunya | Telefónica I+D
    30/06/2012

    Russian tourism in Catalunya | Telefónica I+D

    Roaming data indicate the place of origin of the user. In this case, we can ob...
The exhibition is open
At CCCB (Barcelona) – From 9 May until 16 November 2014
At Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Madrid) – From 12 March until 24 May 2015
At Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Buenos Aires) – From 2 July until 28 November 2015

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A co-production
CCCB
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CCCB 20 anys
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