A look at how telemetry reshaped urban living in the 2010s when a slew of on-demand services made physical proximity less important (Laura Bliss/CityLab)

Laura Bliss / CityLab:
A look at how telemetry reshaped urban living in the 2010s when a slew of on-demand services made physical proximity less important  —  In 1964, scientists in the Galápagos Islands fed radio transmitters wrapped in chunks of food to a bunch of giant tortoises.

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