Original version

BBC World Service Online

Click

Digital Planet

Magazines & Reviews

Factual: Science & Nature: Science & Technology

Technological and digital news from around the world.

Digital Planet: 29/12/2009

Factual: Science & Nature

29/12/2009

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, 29/12/2009

Digital art at the V&A; Tagging rubbish; Mapping Sao Paulo for accessibility

Computer programmers at a London exhibition prove that data can be beautiful. Rotting vegetables are tagged and tracked throughout the USA.  Activists in Sao Paulo map the city for disabled access.

Mehmet Akten and Jason Bruges are amongst the designers and computer programmers at the Victoria and Albert museum in London revealing that data can be beautiful.  Gareth Mitchell wanders the floors of a highly interactive exhibition which invites visitors to throw virtual paint onto virtual canvases and become innovative digital artists for the day.


An experiment in tagging refuge in Boston, USA, is allowing citizens to track the rubbish which they put out for collection. It is causing some to become more conscientious about recycling their refuse.


The Catalan artist, Antoni Abad, has unveiled a project at this year's Mobilefest in Sao Paulo to help people with disabilities. Activists have taken to the street armed with mobile phones to help map the city for disabled access.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Digital Planet

29/12/2009

Genres

Brand

BBC World Service Online

About BBC World Service