The Billion Dollar Gram
Billions spent on this. Billions spent on that. What does it all look like? Hopefully The Billion Dollar Gram will help.
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Walled World
Mind-opening viz from Td Architects in Holland. I didn’t know about the Schengen ‘Wall’.
Read morePatterns in the Group Mind
I’ve been playing with Google Insights. It’s a great toy. It measures ‘search intensity’. The number of searches being made for a certain term.
Read moreMountains Out Of Molehills
Watch out! A timeline of global media scare stories.
Read moreThe Death Of The Music Industry
Very good infographic from the New York Times conveys the dwindling death knells of the music industry. Analysts give it 10 years.
Read moreCaffeine and Calories
How much will your Double Frozen FrapMochaChino add to both your bulge and your buzz?
Read moreWON! The Guardian’s Visualisation Contest
Volte face! I take back every moan I’ve emitted about The Guardian’s treatment of data. Especially now the Reduce Your Chances Of Dying In A Plane Crash image won their visualisation competition.
Read moreMovie Monster Comparison Chart
Sizes of movie monsters compared. I thought they missed out The Blob though. The Blob got pretty big towards the end.
Read moreDrugs World
I found this image on a far-flung tumblr. It really got me excited. What a cool map of drugs.
Read moreGoogle is Not a Search Engine
It’s an advertising machine.
Read moreAfghanistan Troop Casualties
UK troops have been taking a pummelling in Afghanistan in the last few months. 2009 has been the worst year of the conflict for the UK army. 54 soldiers killed killed in action, 45 very seriously wounded.
Read moreSwine Flu: The Latest Figures
These are the latest Swine Flu figures, now hotwired to the Guardian’s. When they update, this’ll update automatically.
Read moreIf Twitter was 100 People…
There’s quite a big discussion about this on Flickr.
Read moreHow I Learnt To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (Kinda)
I felt alienated from The Guardian’s graphic about stockpiles of nuclear weapons. Was there a better way to depict the data?
Read moreReduce Your Odds Of Dying In A Plane Crash
A round-up and mash-up of data on fatal plane accidents. Cross-referencing the data (unscientifically) reveals the statistically most dangerous flights to take.
Read moreCan Drugs Make You Happy?
A little mash-up of drugs use figures and world happiness ratings.
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