Nathan Yau

Motion capture dance

Data Art / dance, motion capture

Really fun. “Motion capture, procedural animation and dynamic simulations combine to create a…
Nearly impossible to predict mass shootings with current data

Statistics / probability, shootings

Even if there were a statistical model that predicted a mass shooter with…
U.S. gun deaths rate is an outlier

Statistical Visualization / guns, mortality

If you look at gun death rates for other western countries and adjust…
Firearms Dealers vs. Burgers, Pizza, and Coffee

Data Underload / firearms

As of May 2016, there were 64,432 licensed firearms dealers and pawnbrokers, which got me wondering how that compares to other businesses.
Americans are Growing Bigger

Data Underload / health, nutrition, obesity

We keep getting bigger. Watch overweight and obesity rates move up over several decades.
Voting habits for various demographic groups

Infographics / demographics, election, Upshot

Voter turnout and political leanings for various demographic groups play an important role…
A map about the people who live there

Visualization

Geographers Seth Spielman and Alex Singleton used something called “geodemographic classification” to classify…
5 Tips for Learning to Code for Visualization

Guides / d3js, process, R

Here are some tips to get you started, based on my own experiences with R, and more recently, the JavaScript library d3.js.
A Course for Visualizing Time Series Data in R

Tutorials / R, time series

Learn to visualize temporal patterns in a couple of days.
Play chess against the machine and see what it’s thinking

Network Visualization / chess, Martin Wattenberg

The Thinking Machine, by Martin Wattenberg and Marek Walczak, shows you the thought…
How Much We Eat vs. How Much We Need

Data Underload / calories, diet

On average, we use less energy as we age, and so we should eat less. We don’t always adjust soon enough though.
Where people go to and from work

Maps / commute

With an animated take on the commute map, Mark Evans shows where people…
Game of Thrones discussions for every episode, visualized

Network Visualization / Game of Thrones, Twitter

I hear there’s some show called “Game of Thrones” that’s kind of popular…
When she cried

Self-surveillance / crying, emotion

For most, crying isn’t an especially common occurrence over a long period of…
Visual search tool for satellite imagery

Apps / satellite, search

Terrapattern is a fun prototype that lets you search satellite imagery simply by…
Air transportation network

Network Visualization / airport, flights

Flight pattern maps are fun to look at and reveal the complexity of…
Automatic versus manual data analysis

Statistics / automation

Hilary and Roger touch on some interesting topics in the most recent Not…
Bias built in to crime prediction

Statistics / crime, prediction, ProPublica

Predictive policing seems to be playing a bigger role in court decisions these…
National drug overdose epidemic

Maps / animation, drugs, Guardian, health

Nadja Popovich for the Guardian delves into America’s drug overdose epidemic, starting with…
Bot automatically generates maps from American Community Survey data

Maps / bot, Census Bureau, Twitter

The American Community Survey is an ongoing survey run by the United States…

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