Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Electronic Medical Records by the numbers
In 2009, legislation mandated that doctors make use of electronic medical records by…
History of the Iraq War through Wikipedia edits
Through high school and sometimes beyond we’re taught history as absolute fact. It’s…
The state of mapping APIs
O’Reilly Radar surveys the state of mapping APIs from old sources (like Google)…
Evolving path of the Mississippi River
We often think of rivers as following a given path for the course…
Where your neighbors commute to and from
Some people live in areas where a one-hour commute both ways is common,…
Illustration of ideas and concepts
In a different take on the infographic, RSA Animate illustrates the ideas and…
The future of self-service banking
Too many slots. Too many buttons. Spanish bank BBVA and design consultancy IDEO…
Social life of Foursquare users mapped
Foursquare, the location-based social network, lets people share their location with others in…
Faith and poverty in the world
Using data from a recent Gallup report showing a correlation between wealth and…
Various ways to rate a college
There are a bunch of college ratings out there to help students decide…
Tracking firefly trails in the forest
Physicist Kristian Cvecek hangs out in the forest sometimes to take these beautiful…
Mapping the moves of New York residents
A couple of months back, WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show asked listeners who…
Real-time match display for the US Open
The tennis US Open is in full swing, and since you’re at work,…
What different sorting algorithms sound like
Last month we saw sorting algorithms visualized in rainbow technicolor. Now, by Rudy…
A house that knows when you’re happy and sad
Auger Loizeau, in collaboration with Reyer Zwiggelaar and Bashar Al-Rjoub, describe their smart-home…
The beauty of data visualization
Connoisseur of scaled rounded rectangles, bubbles, and triangles, David McCandless of Information is…
Asteroid discoveries over past 30 years visualized
This animation by Scott Manley of the Armagh Observatory shows a beautiful view…
