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You're subscribed to the blog. Now get the book! Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Contents: Smiley installation shows the mood of a city Smiley installation shows the mood of a city Dec 02, 2011 12:32 am  •  Permalink Project Stimmungsgasometer (say what?) is a giant smiley face that changes based on the mood of Berlin citizens. When they are collectively "happy" the light is a smile, and when they are not, it is a sad face. Input comes from facial recognition software that takes in video from a strategically placed camera. The software estimates whether passers by are happy or not, and then installation changes accordingly. See it in action in the video below. Has anyone from Berlin seen this going? I wonder how accurate the software is and what the cutoff is for a happy city. [Stimmungsgasometer via infosthetics] More to read: Shan Carter on data storytelling Four degrees of separation Do you need a data scientist? US road fatalities mapped, 9 years Finding best deals: Black Friday is for retailers  follow on Twitter | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2011 FlowingData, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in on FlowingData. Our mailing address is: FlowingData PO Box 3381 Livermore, CA 94550 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences