Out of the blue

Interesting snippets from the world of data

What does my computer really think of me?
Simply paste text from anything you’ve written – e-mails, tweets or any other source – into Watson and it will give you a full, totally impartial, breakdown of all your personality traits.

You wait ages for a bus…
…then someone comes along, analyses TfL’s bus datafeed, and proves there’s only a 1 in 10 chance that two come along at once.

Are you your perfect partner?
A study of data from eHarmony suggests that all people are really looking for in a partner is someone quite similar to themselves.

Rumbled by statistics
Think you’ve got away with cheating on a test? Think again. A biology teacher runs a quick statistical test to identify several cheaters in his class.

Brightblue Videos!
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Happy Easter everyone!

Spencer Lucas