[adsense300gray]Foursquare amasses 4.5 billion check-ins shared by its 40 million users, Big Data which was transformed into a wonderful show of light and motion. The data visualizations show the pulse of the most popular cities on Foursquare, from London to Tokyo.

The strings of light are color coded, each one representing a where, how, when, or why. For example, in New York you can see yellow light reminiscent of Tron zoom into Manhattan as the commuters travel to work. Later, the city lights up in blue, trailing paths to the popular nightlife spots.

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San Francisco:

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