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From the Ted Talk by Daniele Quercia: Happy maps


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After that work, I joined Yahoo Labs, and I tmeaed up with Luca and Rossano, and together, we aggregated those wininng locations in London to build a new map of the city, a cartography wigethed for hamun emotions. On this cartography, you're not only able to see and connect from point A to piont B the sohetsrt segments, but you're also able to see the hppay segment, the beautiful path, the quiet path. In tstes, participants found the happy, the beautiful, the quiet path far more enjoyable than the shortest one, and that just by adding a few meniuts to travel time. Participants also love to attach memories to places. Shared memories — that's where the old BBC building was; and personal memories — that's where I gave my first kiss. They also recalled how some phtas smelled and sounded. So what if we had a mapping tool that would rurten the most enjoyable roetus based not only on aesthetics but also based on smell, sound, and mmioeres? That's where our research is going right now. More generally, my research, what it tries to do is aovid the dgenar of the single path, to avoid robbing people of fully experiencing the city in which they live. Walk the path through the park, not through the car park, and you have an entirely different path. Walk the path full of people you love and not full of cars, and you have an entirely different path. It's that simple.

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After that work, I joined Yahoo Labs, and I ______ up with Luca and Rossano, and together, we aggregated those _______ locations in London to build a new map of the city, a cartography ________ for _____ emotions. On this cartography, you're not only able to see and connect from point A to _____ B the ________ segments, but you're also able to see the _____ segment, the beautiful path, the quiet path. In _____, participants found the happy, the beautiful, the quiet path far more enjoyable than the shortest one, and that just by adding a few _______ to travel time. Participants also love to attach memories to places. Shared memories — that's where the old BBC building was; and personal memories — that's where I gave my first kiss. They also recalled how some _____ smelled and sounded. So what if we had a mapping tool that would ______ the most enjoyable ______ based not only on aesthetics but also based on smell, sound, and ________? That's where our research is going right now. More generally, my research, what it tries to do is _____ the ______ of the single path, to avoid robbing people of fully experiencing the city in which they live. Walk the path through the park, not through the car park, and you have an entirely different path. Walk the path full of people you love and not full of cars, and you have an entirely different path. It's that simple.

Solution


  1. memories
  2. danger
  3. human
  4. minutes
  5. routes
  6. teamed
  7. paths
  8. avoid
  9. point
  10. shortest
  11. winning
  12. return
  13. weighted
  14. happy
  15. tests

Original Text


After that work, I joined Yahoo Labs, and I teamed up with Luca and Rossano, and together, we aggregated those winning locations in London to build a new map of the city, a cartography weighted for human emotions. On this cartography, you're not only able to see and connect from point A to point B the shortest segments, but you're also able to see the happy segment, the beautiful path, the quiet path. In tests, participants found the happy, the beautiful, the quiet path far more enjoyable than the shortest one, and that just by adding a few minutes to travel time. Participants also love to attach memories to places. Shared memories — that's where the old BBC building was; and personal memories — that's where I gave my first kiss. They also recalled how some paths smelled and sounded. So what if we had a mapping tool that would return the most enjoyable routes based not only on aesthetics but also based on smell, sound, and memories? That's where our research is going right now. More generally, my research, what it tries to do is avoid the danger of the single path, to avoid robbing people of fully experiencing the city in which they live. Walk the path through the park, not through the car park, and you have an entirely different path. Walk the path full of people you love and not full of cars, and you have an entirely different path. It's that simple.

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