Using estimates from a report by the Well Being Trust and the Robert…
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Lifelines
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Apple vs. Google company structure, as seen through patents
For Co.Design, Periscopic compared patent ownership between Apple and Google, which ends up…
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Emotional arcs for inaugural addresses
Inaugural addresses come in different flavors, with different messages and purpose. Periscopic passed…
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PhD gender gaps around the world
Periscopic, for Scientific American, visualized the number of PhDs awarded in various countries.…
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Interactive tool shows impact of terrorism
The Global Terrorism Database, maintained by the University of Maryland, is an open…
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Income inequality, real and personal
In a different take on the income inequality issue, the Economic Policy Institute,…
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Doing good with data
Periscopic founders Kim Rees and Dino Citraro spoke with Co.Design on what makes good visualization.
“I don’t think the goal of vizualization should be that precog understanding, giving you something so quickly that you don’t have to think about it; I think the goal should be that you do have to think about it,” she says. “I want people to have a brain, to have a say. I think it’s becoming only more important as we tackle more nuanced information. I don’t want the computer or the creator to tell me what to believe. I want an opening to say, ‘let me look into that machine.'”
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A visual exploration of US gun murders
Information visualization firm Periscopic just published a thoughtful interactive piece on gun murders…
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Exploration of Hewlett grants
Since 2000, the Hewlett Foundation has made over 7,000 grants summing $3.86 billion,…
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State of polar bear populations →
There are an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears in the world, and…
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Working in America over the decades
Information visualization firm Periscopic, in collaboration with GE, explores the makeup of the…
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Growing urban populations
In this simple interactive animation by Periscopic, in partnership with UNICEF, we see…
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Visualizing popularity of Yahoo homepage stories
Yahoo is not what it used to be, but many parts of it…
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Politilines shows what candidates talk about during debates
If you don’t watch the candidate debates — and let’s face it, that’s…
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Visualizing Yahoo email in real-time
Hundreds of thousands of emails are sent every second, and yet, you wouldn’t…
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Breast cancer conversations
With Breast Cancer Awareness Month coming up in October, data visualization firm Periscopic…
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Flash vs. HTML5
Design firm Periscopic takes a look at the Flash versus HTML5 debate and…