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Results from MIT's Trash Tracking Experiment

Back in July, researchers at MIT's SENSEable City lab launched an experiment: They'd tag thousands of pieces of trash in New York and Seattle...

 Andrew Price
09.19.09

Back in July, researchers at MIT's SENSEable City lab launched an experiment: They'd tag thousands of pieces of trash in New York and Seattle with wireless transmitters and map their migrations so you could watch the peregrinations of that used paper cup through the city's waste removal system.

Their idea was that this kind of tracking was the first step in exposing people to a product's "removal chain" and maybe even making 100 percent recycling a reality in the future.They're wrapping up the experiment now. The TrashTrack site has been updated with a few screen shots of the vizualizations they created.They've also announced some dates for upcoming live exhibitions in New York and Seattle that are likely to be pretty eye-opening. This is part of a product's life cycle that is otherwise all but invisible to us.
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Hero strikes panic into the hearts of phone scammers after he reveals their identities and location

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Jim Browning is a YouTuber from the UK who has an amazing ability to catch scammers in the act.

In this video, he responds to a scam email claiming he bought a laptop by breaking into the scammer's computer. In the process he uncovers where the scammers work, their banking information, and even their personal identities.

"I got an 'invoice' email telling me that I had paid for a $3800 laptop," Browning writes on his YouTube page. "No links... just a phone number. It's a real shame that these scammers emailed me because I was able to find out exactly who they were and where the were."

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Owner of a pet rescue live streams herself tracking down the woman who stole her car

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Danielle Reno of Missouri left her car running and it was stolen by thieves. But she wasn't going to let her car go so easily.

For 48 hours this owner of a pet rescue tracked the charges being made on her credit card. Ultimately, she found her car at a local Applebee's, and then went after the thieves.

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Warren destroyed Bloomberg in the debates and reminded the nation why she was a frontrunner

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Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders took aim at former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg onstage at Wednesday's Las Vegas Democratic debate, likening the billionaire businessman to President Donald Trump and questioning his ability to turn out voters.

Sanders began by calling out Bloomberg for his stewardship of New York's stop and frisk policy that targeted young black men.

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