Tag Archives: visualization

Awesome Magnetic Visualization

Semiconductor’s Magnetic Movie is a stunning, if questionably accurate visualization of magnetic fields and their interactions. Worth a watch: Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo.

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The world's on fire

The funds that Sarah McLachlan would have spent to produce a music video are donated for more practical uses, and the video is instead used to help us visualize just how much of a difference $150,000 can make to those … Continue reading

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An inconvenient graphic – visual analytics

Some graphics from An Inconvenient Truth have been posted to Flickr. Copyright has most certainly been violated here but I suspect Gore would prefer the message spreads and perhaps this will inspire more folks to check out the movie. This … Continue reading

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The internet is us

Great video visualization of the evolution of the web: via infosthetics.com as usual…

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a-ma-zing

Very Minority Report (the movie that is). Apparently this amazing touch screen technology will soon be in mass production. I don’t know if that means it will really be affordable to most of us but I have no doubt it … Continue reading

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A dark matter: structure of the universe influenced by dark forces?

The indispensable New Scientist reports that the distribution of dark matter has been mapped in 3D for the first time, revealing how the mysterious substance has evolved over the lifetime of the universe. The results confirm that dark matter provided … Continue reading

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Internet Black Holes

Reporters sans frontiers rally against “internet black holes” – sectors of the internet where liberty is severely restricted: This map is a tad simplistic, being more about black and white than shades of grey – and its the shades of … Continue reading

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Mathematical map of the internet

Cool visualization of internet IP address allocation. The US department of defense has a pretty healthy chunk, as do a number of corporations.

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Visualize This!

Visualization can be a powerful tool, not only for education but also for exploring information and generating new ideas. Hans Rosling from the impressive Gapminder project gives an excellent presentation exposing how powerful visualization tools combined with public domain data … Continue reading

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Travel time heatmap visualization

Some very interesting work happening in the UK by mysociety.org studying travel time related to mode of transport (particularly rail versus car). I really hope such studies will happen in North America, I suspect it would highlight where it would … Continue reading

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