Eventually, everything connects - Charles Eames
Nicholas Feltron’s recent work for CNN uses site metrics from the site’s last 13 years to create a visual that contextualizes the increased use of the Internet, the relevance of 9/11 and the change in media habits as users switch from print to the web as ‘a reliable, timely and indispensable source for news’.
Transparency: The Change in Carbon Emissions – Interactive infographic which uses data on the five highest emitters in each region of the world as of 2007 and whether they have increased or decreased both their total emissions in the from 2006 to 2007 and their ranking on the list of biggest emitters.
Launched as part of the Science Museum’s ‘Prove it‘ climate change exhibition, this ‘Climate Change Map‘ shows the impact of a 4°C temperature rise, using peer-reviewed science data from the Met Office and other leading impact scientists.
Concept Lens – Interesting data visualisation application by Flink Labs that tracks event back-channel twitter conversations and Flickr uploads. Also worth checking out is their ‘White Glove Visualisation‘ which uses data taken from the position of Michael Jackson’s white glove in a video performance of Billie Jean.
It’s been brewing for a while but today the Guardian released ‘ Open Platform‘, a set of APIs with client libraries that make it possible to use Guardian data to build applications. There’s a couple of examples up already including Stamen Design‘s API Maps. I expect some really good things to come out of this openness, now wouldn’t it be great to see government doing something similar!
Radiohead’s latest video for the track ‘House of Cards’ has been released through Google Code. Shot without cameras it uses two 3D capture technologies, one that captures images at close proximity and one that can capture large environments such as landscapes. The cloud point data used for the video can be downloaded for anyone interested in putting together their own video of the track. Click here for the ‘making of’ video.