Maplab
Beneath a Bustling University Campus, a Big Cable Is Listening
To spark conversation on ever-more connected cities, designers have visualized the acoustic artifacts of Stanford’s fiber-optic wires.
Where did you go? How did you get there? And who are you exactly?
Thanks to the much-ballyhooed internet of things, these questions might be answered without you really knowing, as buildings, streets, and lampposts silently monitor human activity nearby.