'The Human Face of Big Data' shows how tech changes lives

December 03, 2012

"The Human Face of Big Data" is an ambitious and attractive new large-format book that aims to give readers, through photography and short articles, a glimpse of how powerful new data processing capabilities are changing people's lives. Rick Smolan Author Rick Smolan is a photographer who gained fame for his "Day in the Life" series, which included an edition focused on the Internet in 1996, "24 Hours in Cyberspace." Another collection, "America at Home," is available as an app from iEnvision. He says that his latest work is based on the premise that "our planet is beginning to develop a nervous system." The book is accompanied by an iPad app that debuts Tuesday—the same day that Smolan is sending a copy of the book to 10,000 people whom he considers the world's most influential. He's hoping to start a "global conversation about the tools and technologies" that he and others think will have an even greater impact than the Internet. Among the stories highlighted in the book, and illustrated by some of the 100 photojournalists who contributed their work, are the following: To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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