Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Play chess against the machine and see what it’s thinking
The Thinking Machine, by Martin Wattenberg and Marek Walczak, shows you the thought…
Where people go to and from work
With an animated take on the commute map, Mark Evans shows where people…
Game of Thrones discussions for every episode, visualized
I hear there’s some show called “Game of Thrones” that’s kind of popular…
National drug overdose epidemic
Nadja Popovich for the Guardian delves into America’s drug overdose epidemic, starting with…
Bot automatically generates maps from American Community Survey data
The American Community Survey is an ongoing survey run by the United States…
OpenVis Conf talks all online
If you’re looking for a knowledge bomb during your lunch breaks, the OpenVis…
Network visualization shows transitions between states
If you think of network visualization as a collection of nodes and edges,…
Gender pay gaps for major U.S. occupations
As we all know these days, there exists a gender pay gap across…
Kung fu particles
Using motion capture methods, Tobias Gremmler collected movement data for two kung fu…
Spiraling global temperature chart
Global temperature is on the rise, as most of us know. Ed Hawkins…
Atlas of Emotions, a collaboration with the Dalai Lama
Emotions are complex and only partially understood, yet such a force in how…
NFL draft pick quality for your team
Despite what commentators and sports analysts might have you think, picking great players…
Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem visualized
The Traveling Salesman Problem is a popular puzzle that asks for the shortest…
Music timeline plays through decades of top songs
The Year that Music Died from Polygraph is an animated timeline that shows…
School district spending, against national average
Wrapping up their week-long School Money project, NPR asks: Is there a better…
Lower socioeconomic status linked to lower education attainment
The Upshot highlights research from the Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis that…