Showing posts with label mapping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mapping. Show all posts

Sunday, January 28, 2007

airports use eye photo technology to identify travelers


A mapping of an individual's genetic code via eye photography could reduce the wait time at security in terminals. In a few seconds a video camera using a 30 frames per second zooms into the eye captures the individual iris and stores it digitally.

a 24 hour map of all flights in the United States

This is an "airspace map" - a time based mapping of a day's airtraffic - a sort of antfarm view of the United States's airplanes movements and trajectories. It is fascinating to watch over time the rhythms and density of activity formed in this dynamic drawing.