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Make Architects Reveal Big Data Institute for University of Oxford …

Northern Aerial View. Image Courtesy of Make ArchitectsMake Architects have just received planning permission to build a world-class institute devoted to research and processing of health-related data on Oxford University’s Old Road Campus. The Big Data Institute (BDI) will be built adjacent to two other Make-designed buildings: The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and the NDM Research Building. The BDI will be London-based […]

August 11, 2014 ByFinn MacLeod architects, building, courtesy, image, learning, make-architects, ndm, north, street Comments Off read more

NYU and Hudson Yards to Use Big Data to Improve Cities | ArchDaily

Phase One Visualisation © Nelson Byrd Woltz; Courtesy of Hudson YardsNew York University’s Center for Urban Science and Progress has teamed up with the developers of Hudson Yards to transform the future 28-acre mixed-use neighborhood into the nations first “quantified community.” As Crain’s New York reports, the aim is to “use big data to make cities better places to live.” […]

April 16, 2014 ByKarissa Rosenfield courtesy, crain, hudson, living, nelson-byrd, new-york-university, phase, progress, urban, yards Comments Off read more

Big Data Meets Tiny Storage! | Britannica Blog

Our thanks to The Why Files for permission to republish this post.Data can be a drag. Whether you work in weather, satellite surveillance, astronomy, or particle physics, data is stacking up. Even as hard disks get larger and cheaper, some say DNA, the information reservoir of life, could offer a dramatically better storage mechanism.Because DNA contains four letters—A, C, G, […]

November 18, 2013 ByThe Why Files classics, courtesy, databases, dna, files, goldman, graphic, institute, kingdom, library, medicine, national Comments Off read more