Digital Schweinshaxe

Great real-time visualization of geolocated tweets around the world.

What it means when you leave your computer on …

A 100 year old tree, living on the edge of Brussels, was hooked up to a fine dust meter, ozone meter, light meter, weatherstation, webcam and microphone.

Have you seen the movie Inception, yet? For those of you looking for more clarification, here are some infographics.

Amazingly disappointing. The 2053 nuclear tests and explosions that took place between 1945 and 1998 are plotted visually and audibly on a world map by Isao Hashimoto.

A long, side-scrolling visual of some examples of what BP could have done with $100,000,000,000 (their loss in stock market capitalization).

The soccer world cup seems to be an inspiration for data visualization: I am a fan of the online activities of Guardian.co.uk for years now. And again its editors prove their online affinity by this dynamic visualisation: it is a high-speed replay of the World Cup, showing how Twitter reacted to every game.

I GET THE FEVER. The Soccer World Cup is coming. First matches start tomorrow. Up to today I  hadn't found a good overview when to plan meetings, to invite my mother in law or to arrange bbq with friends. All these silly sponsored paper folders with details about who plays when - just  drive me crazy. But from today on, I finally I know, when NOT to arrange meetings, when Germany plays, and when my Italian wife has to be treated with care:) Have a look at this beautifully designed World Cup planner.

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Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are developing innovative work environments for the emergency management community called Precision Information Environments.