Tag Archives: data

Histography – Timeline Of History

Histography is a fascinating project. It’s an interactive timeline that spans across 14 billion years of history, from the Big Bang all the way up to 2015. The site draws data and events from Wikipedia, and allows you to search … Continue reading

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UK 24

“Following the success of our two data visualisations – Europe 24 and North Atlantic Skies – we’ve taken a lot of time to think about where to go next – it’s been a typical case of ‘difficult second album syndrome’. … Continue reading

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Comics That Ask “What If?”

“Web cartoonist Randall Munroe answers simple what-if questions (“what if you hit a baseball moving at the speed of light?”) using math, physics, logic and deadpan humor. In this charming talk, a reader’s question about Google’s data warehouse leads Munroe … Continue reading

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Spurious Correlations

Tyler Vigen has created a website (Spurious Correlations) which show correlations between completely unrelated data. All of the graphs are totally bogus, but hilarious to look and think about. It’s very much the pirates and global warming effect – global warming … Continue reading

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Air Traffic Data Visualisation – Europe 24

“This data visualization of Air Traffic in Europe was created from real flight data. It shows the air traffic which flies on a typical summer day and highlights the intensity of the operation in Europe – an operation which runs … Continue reading

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The Internet Map

What would a map of the internet look like? An interesting question, and one which is possibly answered over at The Internet Map. “The Internet map is a bi-dimensional presentation of links between websites on the Internet. Every site is … Continue reading

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Personal Genome Project UK

Would you get your genome sequenced and have it published online for all to see? The Personal Genome Project UK is asking for 100,000 volunteers to have their genome sequenced, and made freely available online for all to see, where … Continue reading

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Watch Dogs Gameplay Demo

A 14-minute gameplay demo of Watch Dogs, showing off the open world gameplay and the many possible options of interacting with the world, along with some seamless multiplayer action thrown in. It looks rather incredible, with the only odd bit … Continue reading

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Watch Dogs – Honoured

Two trailers for Watch Dogs today, along with a great infographic. The more I see of the game, the more I like it! The trailer above is “Honoured” (spelt the British way, because I find it painful to write it … Continue reading

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WeareData

Watch Dogs – WeareData. WeareData is an excellent, and rather disturbing, website showing the data available in three cities (London, Paris, and Berlin). “Watch_Dogs WeareData is the first website to gather publicly available data about Paris, London and Berlin, in one location. … Continue reading

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