Researcher at the National Research Council, I work in science communication and outreach on environmental topics; in particular on weather and climate.

In everyday work I have to do a lot with data and I wonder how much they are truly understood by lay people and how much we are able to make them look more interesting.

With some colleagues I’m working on a data-to-conversation model, to make data speak in natural language on Twitter or other media.

Following this view, every sensor could also be seen as a local community facilitator; from an Internet of Things to an Internet of Places?