09 sentient cities

8/7/2019 09 Sentient Cities

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09 - Snake oil?6334: Sentient Cities as Cybernetic, Real-time, Control Systems: Theory and Practice of Urban Sensing


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google doc excel file with collected data


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medical links and data


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1. How was the data collected? The data was scraped from a number of medical sources and complied into a visual representation2. Why was the data collected?

to create a conscience understanding of the various types of alternative medicines that are available, and

3. What is interesting about the data? it helps to demistify some of the herbal and alternative remedies often mentioned in various news outlets4. What stories about urban dynamics can the collected data tell?

-5. What sort of questions about urban dynamics can be answered by looking at the data? -6. Who is the target audience of the data visualization?

general population, alternative medicine seekers, health nuts7. What are the audiences goals when approaching the visualization? determine alternative medicines that have been proven effective, and ones that do not live up to their hype8. What do they stand to learn?

other medications for conditions that they may have not known about9. What sort of control are they offered over the interface that delivers the information? the use is able to filter the information via the drop down menue

10. How is the question of the magnitude of the data dealt with limiting the collected data, limiting the dimensionsons in the data set to be represented, or abstractingthe data? -11. How does the original question to be addressed operate as the bench mark for eliminating unnecessary details in the data visualization?

-12. How are the particular patterns highlighted through visualization techqniques in order of their importance? varying types of medications and their abundance of use, effectiveness, and new findings are deciphered by color, size of the circle, and position of the circle on the

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13. Is the data of static or dynamic in nature? dynamic14. If the data is dynamic in nature, what happens when it starts to change? how does the audience interact with this live data? How is the data that changes over

time unraveled? The data can be examined and updated based on new studies and findings. the audience is free to contact the host to make changes or additions to the site as is

necessary.

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