physical

Bringing data into the real world.

Faking traffic on Google Maps with a wagon of 99 smartphones

Data Art / Google Maps, physical, Simon Weckert, traffic

Google Maps incorporates data from smartphones to estimate traffic in any given location.…
3-D-Printed Time Series Plates

Data Underload / 3-D printing, physical

After seeing a 1950s physical visualization, I wondered if I could follow a similar process using modern techniques.
Visualizations using Play-Doh

Data Art / medium, physical, Play-Doh

We usually visualize data on computers, because it’s where the data exists and…
Scale model shows how levees increase flooding

Visualization / flood, levees, physical, ProPublica, Reveal

Levees are intended to prevent flooding in the areas they are built, but…
Comparison of terms and conditions lengths

Data Art / paper, physical, social, terms and conditions

Most of us don’t read the terms and conditions before we click on…
Regulations.

Miscellaneous / paper, physical

Doug Mills, reporting for The New York Times:
Echoing his days as a…
Looking for patterns and structures from the sky

Data Art / photography, physical

Photographer Bernhard Lang takes pictures in small planes and helicopters, pointing his camera…
Catching a real ball in virtual reality

Visualization / Disney, physical, VR

Man wears virtual reality headset. Another man throws a ball to headset-wearing man.…
Watch bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotic

Visualization / bacteria, biology, evolution, physical

Scientists at Harvard University setup the MEGA-plate, essentially a giant petri dish, with…
Pythagorean theorem water demo

Visualization / physical, Pythagorean theorem

This is years old, but it still tickles the neurons every time. It’s…
Fun in exchange for personal data

Data Art / physical, privacy

Sensible Data by Martin Hertig is an installation that asks what personal data…
Gravity visualized in physics demo

Visualization / gravity, physical, physics

Properties of time and space using marbles and two large pieces of spandex sewn together in a classroom demonstration.
Turn a two-way mirror into an information display

Software / Android, mirror, physical

Here’s a fun project to try over the weekend. Hannah Mitt and Andrew…
3-D paper model of a shrinking sea

Maps / paper, physical

The Aral Sea in Uzbekistan, formerly one of the largest lakes in the…
Entire English Wikipedia in physical print

Data Art / physical, Wikipedia

The exhibit From Aaaaa! to ZZZap! opened last week with a hit of…
Getting bees to construct geographic maps

Data Art / bees, physical

In an exploration of the connection between humans an nature, artist Ren Ri…
Brewing Multivariate Beer

Projects / beer, physical

I was toying around with the idea of multivariate beer, where the ingredients varied by county demographics. Could I taste the difference? Here’s how the experiment went.
Data drawing pen pals

Data Art / physical, postcards

Stefanie Posavec, known around these parts for her manual data design and Giorgia…
Wearable data objects that represent air pollution

Data Art / environment, physical

For the most part, air pollution is invisible, so Stefanie Posavec and Miriam…
Convert geographic data to 3-D models for printing

Software / 3-d, NodeJS, physical, shapefile

This seems like fun. The NodeJS package shp2stl by Doug McCune lets you…

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