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FIGUREĀ 2-34 Planetary by Bloom, http://planetary.bloom.io/
Artists are stars, albums are planets that orbit the stars, and tracks are moons
that orbit the planets. Instead of a music library to jump to a specific song,
your music is transformed into a landscape you can explore and rediscover.
And because you use Planetary via the iPad's touch interface, the data almost
feels tangible.
What happens when data actually is tangible, embedded in a physical object? In
2010, the Really Interesting Group made Christmas ornaments shaped by scrob-
bles on music site Last.fm, miles traveled according to Dopplr, and apertures
used on Flickr, as shown in Figure 2-35. Tada. Instant personalized Christmas gift.
Rachel Binx and Sha Hwang streamlined the process with meshu, a service
that enables you to make your own jewelry based on geographic locations.
Pick points on a map, and they fabricate your necklace, earrings, or cufflinks
out of wood, acrylic, nylon, or silver.
Location data represents where you are, where you've been, and where you're
going, so each meshu is like a snapshot of life, that you can wear.
As mobile technology advances, and the gap between digital and physical
gets smaller, visualization will play a larger role in connecting the two worlds.
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