Apr 04
Everything is easier to understand when it’s drawn up as a well-formatted subway map
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Mar 27
As visualizations go, this is a simple one: it simply shows the heartbeats of Jen Lowe from the last 24 hours, gently pulsing as a big, bold, red screen. And it is insanely mesmerizing.
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Mar 12
Satellite images of cities at night look wonderful—until you zoom in and realize that they’re a big, blurry mess. These gorgeous city images, made by Marc Khachfe, solve that problem—because they’re actually computer generated from OpenStreetMap data.
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Mar 12
This stunning video shows all the flights that cross Europe on a typical summer day. Beautifully animated, it really provides a great insight into the intensity of modern air travel.
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Mar 05
The NBA recently announced that the players of all 30 teams—and the balls they use!—would have tracking devices installed to analyze player movements during games. Now, the first dribles of the fascinating data are available.
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Mar 05
Ever wondered how humans stack up to cows, pigs or elephants if you were to gather ’em all up and weigh them? Wonder no longer, because this chart shows exactly that.
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Mar 02
America Doesn't Read Much, Says Map
Posted in: Today's Chili
Congrats, America, we’re all illiterate assholes. Or at least, according to this map, we read a hell of a lot less than the rest of the world.
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Feb 26
Today’s XKCD really is wonderful: called Now, it’s a simple clock which shows you what time it is in the world right… now, and changes each time you check back on it.
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Feb 21
Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition
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Feb 18
In orange, half of America’s GDP; in blue, the other half. While the population of the country is much more evenly dispersed, its contributions to the economy aren’t.
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