Scientific American Exclusive: DARPA Memex Data Maps
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a new set of search tools called Memex that peer into the “deep Web” to reveal human trafficking and other illegal activity. For the full story, see: Human Traffickers Caught on Hidden Internet
Scientific American Exclusive: DARPA Memex Data Maps
- Connecting the Dots The network map depicted here is an alternative visualization to the ad-based grouping in the bubble map. In this case, the map is created by breaking apart ad content—including phone numbers, email addresses and ad titles—and individually mapping the attributes outside of their association with individual ads... Courtesy of DARPA
- Public Advertisements for Adult Services The MEMEX bubble map shows the volume of online advertisements for sex by location—the larger the bubble, the more ads—at any given time. A user can navigate around the world to see results, and a slider at the bottom adjusts the desired timeframe (within the time MEMEX began indexing the advertisements)... Courtesy of DARPA
