Jul 05

phone-call-infographic
If you analyze aggregated cellphone traffic — as researchers at M.I.T., AT&T and I.B.M. did with United Statesdata from July of last year — interesting patterns emerge. Cities become connective hubs as people move to them from nearby counties and from far across the country. As a result, many calls originate and end in cities, connecting urban citizens to their families back home. At the same time, communities emerge that have little to do with geographic boundaries. While some follow state lines, others split states in half or combine them. Check the infographic after the break. » Phone-Call Cartography: Aggregated Cellphone Traffic In United States [infographic]

Nov 05

DrugLords is a location-based massively multiplayer online game about drug trafficking. Using GPS inside your iPhone, you become a drug dealer in the criminal underworld, which exists parallel to your everyday life.
» DrugLords (Dope Wars) coming to the iPhone