Thursday, November 6, 2014

Assorted Links

  1. Using cellphonedata to map population mobility in the Ebola epidemic 

  2. A race between the world's fastest elevators

  3. A waterfall flowing in the `wrong` direction

  4. Is low fertility really a problem? Population aging, dependency, and consumption. (via Bernardo Queiroz)

  5. Chinese ghost cities: between 2008 and 2012, the total urban area of cities in China expanded by 9,700km, which is the equivalent of 50 cities the size of Wenzhou (via PD Smith)

  6. How to code a cat (nerd alert)

  7. 8,000 glowing balloons trace the Berlin Wall to mark 25 years since its fall (via Gabriella Nunes)8,000 glowing balloons divide berlin to mark 25 years since the fall of the wall

[image credit: kulturprojekte berlin_2014 WEW FU berlin IGB]

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