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This Weird Map Visualizes Air Pollution as Nose Hair Length smithsonianmag.com If there’s one thing nobody wants, it’s really long nose hairs. Which is perhaps why Clean Air Asia has decided to start visualizing each person’s air pollution exposure as super-long, disgusting nose hairs. The group says: The more… This Weird Map Visualizes Air Pollution…
76 things banned in the Bible, most of which are punishable by death Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net An oldie but goodie single-purpose Tumblr listing things banned in Leviticus, the banny-est of all scriptures. The sex stuff you can imagine (no bonking animals, dudes if you are a dude, divorcées, your grandmother, or your own children… RT…
Sitegeist: mobile app mines public data to tell you about the spot you’re standing in Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net Nicko sez, “Sitegeist is a free Android and iPhone app from the Sunlight Foundation that helps you to learn more about your surroundings in seconds. Sitegeist takes public data about the people, housing, history, environment and thing……
iPhone case allows you to take photos with phone held horizontally Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing.net The MirrorCase for the iPhone lets you take photos while holding the phone flat, like an old-timey camera. It seems like a good way to shoot video of yourself, too – just set it on a table and do your thing.…
Loud Bicycle: Car horn for your bike Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing.net An outstanding Kickstarter project – a bike horn that is as loud as a car horn! Cycling in traffic can be frightening and dangerous. The Loud Bicycle horn prevents accidents by alerting motorists with a familiar sound. The safety benefits of … RT @BoingBoing: Loud…
Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net In “Credibility ranking of tweets during high impact events,” a paper published in the ACM’s Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Privacy and Security in Online Social Media , two Indraprastha Institute of Information… Machine-learning algorithm develops heuristics for trustworthy tweets in time of emergency Related articles Machine-learning algorithm develops heuristics…
Infographic: Animated Maps Of America’s Shifting Demographics By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com At what rate are Americans coming, going, living, and dying? These animated maps tell a fascinating visual story. Most of this election season’s postmortems have focused on demographics, a vague phrase that refers to the changing face of t… RT @FastCoDesign: Infographic: Animated Maps…
Infographic: Showing When People Get Killed In Cars, Using Excel By Kyle VanHemert, fastcodesign.com John Nelson’s charts and maps on traffic fatalities are a reminder that a good data viz doesn’t always require graphic design chops—or software. With the abundance of data visualization projects we’ve seen over the last few years, it’s hard… RT @FastCoDesign:…
Study: Transit Apps Make Us Happier Commuters By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com A study of two crowdsourcing apps suggests that a better digital infrastructure for commuters could improve urban transit overall. We know that we tend to be happiest when we’re communicating with and helping those around us. But could th… RT @FastCoDesign: Study: Transit Apps…
Mind reading is possible! – Salon.com By Kathleen Taylor, salon.com Advances in neuroimaging suggest telepathy could be on the horizon. It’s time to consider how we’d use it “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” Eric Schmidt, CE… RT @Salon: Neuroimaging…
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Why Dashboard Cams Have Become a Crucial Safety Feature for Russian Motorists core77.com Here’s an interesting example of how cultural influences have led to the ubiquitous uptake of a product design. The country in question is Russia, and the product is the dashboard cam.The Internet is awash in well-captured car crash footage, and i… RT…
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