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Migration of receipts

by Mick Weinstein|Published December 21, 2010

Graphic artist Cameron Zotter picked up discarded receipts over a 48 hour period and mapped out how far they had traveled from the point of purchase. See the huge version on Flickr or click below:

Chart Porn notes that MIT has a higher-tech version of this.

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Mick is the Head of Editorial for Covestor, a financial journalist and online content specialist. Prior to joining Covestor, Mick was for five years the Editor in Chief and VP Content at stock market analysis website Seeking Alpha, where he built the editorial function as the site attracted over 3.5 million unique monthly visitors and developed an innovative platform for intelligent stock market discussion. Mick is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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