Reddit user quantum-kate used daily high and low temperatures in Denver in 1992…
physical
Bringing data into the real world.
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Blanket visualizes daily high and low temperatures
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Faking traffic on Google Maps with a wagon of 99 smartphones
Google Maps incorporates data from smartphones to estimate traffic in any given location.…
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3-D-Printed Time Series Plates
After seeing a 1950s physical visualization, I wondered if I could follow a similar process using modern techniques.
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Visualizations using Play-Doh
We usually visualize data on computers, because it’s where the data exists and…
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Scale model shows how levees increase flooding
Levees are intended to prevent flooding in the areas they are built, but…
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Comparison of terms and conditions lengths
Most of us don’t read the terms and conditions before we click on…
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Regulations.
Doug Mills, reporting for The New York Times:
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Looking for patterns and structures from the sky
Photographer Bernhard Lang takes pictures in small planes and helicopters, pointing his camera…
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Catching a real ball in virtual reality
Man wears virtual reality headset. Another man throws a ball to headset-wearing man.…
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Watch bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotic
Scientists at Harvard University setup the MEGA-plate, essentially a giant petri dish, with…
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Pythagorean theorem water demo
This is years old, but it still tickles the neurons every time. It’s…
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Fun in exchange for personal data
Sensible Data by Martin Hertig is an installation that asks what personal data…
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Gravity visualized in physics demo
Properties of time and space using marbles and two large pieces of spandex sewn together in a classroom demonstration.
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Turn a two-way mirror into an information display
Here’s a fun project to try over the weekend. Hannah Mitt and Andrew…
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3-D paper model of a shrinking sea
The Aral Sea in Uzbekistan, formerly one of the largest lakes in the…
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Entire English Wikipedia in physical print
The exhibit From Aaaaa! to ZZZap! opened last week with a hit of…
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Getting bees to construct geographic maps
In an exploration of the connection between humans an nature, artist Ren Ri…
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Brewing Multivariate Beer
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.
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Data drawing pen pals
Stefanie Posavec, known around these parts for her manual data design and Giorgia…
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Wearable data objects that represent air pollution
For the most part, air pollution is invisible, so Stefanie Posavec and Miriam…