Bartolo and his men arrive.
Of this issue[of Science], Bain and Bartolo(4) describe a powerful new way
to model human crowds.
Former Honduran lawmaker Bartolo Fuentes, who denies accusations he started the caravan,
described it as a natural response“to a situation more terrible than war.”.
Anthony Bartolo, chief product officer, Tata Communications, said,“The problem is that today's mobile networks are inherently local- there is
no such concept as a global mobile network.
As a marathon runner,
I have experienced the exact wave-like phenomenon that Bain and Bartolo captured on film for their latest study as a participant
being"herded" by race-day volunteers into a starting corral.
Former Honduran lawmaker Bartolo Fuentes, who denies accusations he started the caravan,
described it as a natural response“to a situation more terrible than war.” He said about 300 to 400 Hondurans leave their country on an average day.
As you can see in the video below, when Bain and Bartolo analyzed the collective movement of swarms of marathon
runners at the starting line of a race, they were able to identify waves of crowd density and velocity that created a ripple effect that would cascade from the back and front of the line, but not from side to side.