Visualization

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

All numbers lead to one

In 1937, mathematician Lothar Collatz proposed that given the following algorithm, you will…

Submarine cable system connecting the world

TeleGeography maps underwater cables that connect countries and continents: TeleGeography’s free interactive submarine…

Live data wall and immersive film at THINK exhibit

The THINK exhibit from IBM just opened up at Lincoln Center in New…

The Fortune 500, 1955 to 2010

Since 1955, Fortune Magazine has published a list of America’s 500 largest companies.…

Deleted Geocities archive visualized as city

In a time long ago, there existed a place on the Internet called…

Rectangular subdivisions of the world

Eric Fischer, who continues his string of mapping fun and doesn’t even do…

Musical spectrum analysis

Jon-Kyle Mohr visualizes the musical spectrum of a song in this mesmerizing video.…

Imager shows cross-sections of everyday objects – analog version

GE shows how their body imaging technology can take detailed pictures of insides…

World population densities mapped

National Geographic has a look at where and how we live: The map…

BBC Knowledge

This is totally sunshine and lollipops, but it has a good flow to…

The United Kingdom of McDonald’s

In a follow-up to his ever popular McMap that showed distance to the…

Freight railroad mergers

Not many people ride the train anymore, but a lot of inventory is…

Breast cancer conversations

With Breast Cancer Awareness Month coming up in October, data visualization firm Periscopic…

Last.fm scrobbles as calendar heat map

Martin Dittus, a former Last.fm employee, grabbed listening data for staff, moderators, and…

Girl Scout cookie pie chart

With Girl Scout cookie season around the corner, Wired pies it up with…

Cost of 9/11

This Sunday will be 10 years since the attacks on September 11. Amanda…

Classroom seating habits

In college, I was one of those guys who sat in the back…

Five years of Kiva lending and borrowing

Kiva, the microfinance site, lets you give small loans to people around the…