December 2011
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Mayor, Mock Us →
But most notably, Mockus’ creativity shone when it came to stemming Bogota’s rampant traffic-related fatalities.  First, he painted the streets with 1,500 or so stars, each signifying where a pedestrian was struck by a car and ultimately died.  But that wasn’t enough.  As reported by the Harvard University Gazette (replete with must-see picture), Mockus surmised that his constituents were not...
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Speed of Light Lingers in Face of New Camera →
The project began as a whimsical effort to literally see around corners — by capturing reflected light and then computing the paths of the returning light, thereby building images coming from rooms that would otherwise not be directly visible.
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