Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

Planets as fruit to show scale

I still don’t understand the relative size of planets. The universe is too…

Earth-orbiting satellites, all of them

David Yanofsky and Tim Fernholz for Quartz visualized the satellites orbiting Earth. There’s…

You, Me and My Computer

This talk that Lauren McCarthy gave at Eyeo is good. McCarthy, an artist…

Casual visualization books for the coffee table

Since my son was born, it’s been a challenge to focus on a…

Wireless networks translated to sound

Wi-fi is embedded in our everyday lives so much that we don’t pay…

Berlin wall of lighted balloons

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Lightgrenze, translated…

Ballet dance traces

Electronic Traces, by Lesia Trubat, tracks ballet movements and allows dancers to see…

Touchdown passing record

Peyton Manning, quarterback for the Denver Broncos, passed up Brett Favre’s career record…

Senate results maps

The New York Times pushed out super-detailed, precinct-level maps for the Senate election.…

Basketball shot

Todd Lindeman and Lazaro Gamio for the Washington Post explored shooting patterns for…

Most cited research papers

In the department of comparing large numbers to objects and situations that are…

Relative size of astronomy stuff

Look! More size of very big things with large numbers, compared against things…

Decline of women in computer science

NPR spent some time on the subject of the decline of women in…

Chess piece survival rates

On Quora, someone asked, “What are the chances of survival of individual chess…

Halloween costume rankings

Accompanying their segment on Halloween stores stocking costumes, NPR ranks bestsellers for the…

Neurons conversing

Adam Cohen and his group are using genetically-modified neurons that light up when…

Affordable Care Act progress report

The New York Times takes a data-centric look at the progress of the…

Curse of dimensionality, interactive demo

Jeff Leek was trying to explain the curse of dimensionality and realized that…