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Photos: From facial recognition to connected toys, a trip inside the invisible big data revolution

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  • Our Lives in Data

    Our Lives in Data

    The Science Museum's recently-opened Our Lives in Data exhibition sets out to investigate the rapidly-evolving role of big data in our lives and how it's being deployed to change the world around us -- along with the privacy issues that generates.

    Published: July 19, 2016 -- 09:39 GMT (02:39 PDT)

    Photo by: CBS Interactive

    Caption by: Danny Palmer

  • 3D printed image of Bond Street station

    3D printed image of Bond Street station

    The exhibition examines various different types of data, including that generated by Transport for London and how the organisation uses it to help run the London Underground. Sometimes the data is used to produce physical results like this 3D-printed model of Bond Street station. The model represents a design for a station updated to incorporate Crossrail -- a new railway project designed to create better links between east and west London.

    Published: July 19, 2016 -- 09:39 GMT (02:39 PDT)

    Photo by: Science Museum, London

    Caption by: Danny Palmer

  • Inside an Oyster Card reader

    Inside an Oyster Card reader

    London Underground users might not think about the technology that allows them to begin and end their journeys across the UK capital by swiping their Oyster card, but Our Lives in Data allows visitors to get a close look at the devices that capture Oyster travel data -- and what it's used for.

    Published: July 19, 2016 -- 09:39 GMT (02:39 PDT)

    Photo by: Science Museum, London

    Caption by: Danny Palmer

  • Data-producing devices

    Data-producing devices

    The exhibition drives home how there's been a massive acceleration in data collection in recent years, driven by both advances in technology and the rise of data science. This exhibit demonstrates some of the everyday items -- including phones and children's toys -- which are connected to the internet and as a result are sending and receiving data.

    Published: July 19, 2016 -- 09:39 GMT (02:39 PDT)

    Photo by: Science Museum, London

    Caption by: Danny Palmer

  • The data privacy debate

    The data privacy debate

    With data being so pervasive in our lives, museum visitors can take a quiz to submit their thoughts on what should and shouldn't be done with the information that's being collected. As you'd expect from such an exhibition, the data is gathered anonymously.

    Published: July 19, 2016 -- 09:39 GMT (02:39 PDT)

    Photo by: CBS Interactive

    Caption by: Danny Palmer

  • Genes as data

    Genes as data

    Health makes up a big section of Our Lives in Data, explaining to visitors how their genes constitute data and how analysis of this information is allowing doctors to improve healthcare in a variety of ways. One of those is the 100,000 Genomes Project, which is sequencing the data of patients with rare diseases and cancer to find potential causes.

    Published: July 19, 2016 -- 09:39 GMT (02:39 PDT)

    Photo by: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

    Caption by: Danny Palmer

  • The Data Mirror

    The Data Mirror

    As they approach the Our Lives in Data exhibition's Data Mirror, exhibition visitors will have their photo taken, then facial recognition software will attempt to determine their age, gender, and happiness. The Data Mirror's results have been mixed in the early stages of the exhibition, but as more visitors test it, it should improve with time.

    Published: July 19, 2016 -- 09:39 GMT (02:39 PDT)

    Photo by: Science Museum, London

    Caption by: Danny Palmer

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    The Science Museum's Our Lives in Data exhibition is free to visit and open from July 2016 to September 2017.

    Published: July 19, 2016 -- 09:39 GMT (02:39 PDT)

    Photo by: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

    Caption by: Danny Palmer

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  • Our Lives in Data
  • 3D printed image of Bond Street station
  • Inside an Oyster Card reader
  • Data-producing devices
  • The data privacy debate
  • Genes as data
  • The Data Mirror
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This new exhibition at London's Science Museum looks to help people explore the "invisible revolution of big data" and inspire the data scientists of the future.

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The data privacy debate

With data being so pervasive in our lives, museum visitors can take a quiz to submit their thoughts on what should and shouldn't be done with the information that's being collected. As you'd expect from such an exhibition, the data is gathered anonymously.

Published: July 19, 2016 -- 09:39 GMT (02:39 PDT)

Caption by: Danny Palmer

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