Listen to the latest episode of the Futurithmic podcast on big data with MIT's Alex "Sandy" Pentland and host Michael Hainsworth. Read More
Through social physics, we can understand and predict preferences, attitudes and behavioral patterns of individuals and groups in a much more accurate way. Read More
We can learn a lot about our social habits from the data on our smartphones. They reveal who we interact with, where we are and our daily habits. Read More
Our smartphones are a tool for democracy, even as we fear the privacy invasions that come with a device we have within arms-reach 23 hours of every day. Read More
If we were to hand over the metadata to our devices and those of about 3 million of our neighbours, what could we learn about ourselves? Read More
