With education in America becoming better and better, more and more people think they know what is best for the country, and because people are better educated they would, in theory, be right. It seems as though people are more opinionated about politics, or they may just be able to spread their opi[...]
Archive for March, 2012
March 27th, 2012 - 10:42 pm § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations
Washington Experience Viewed Less Positively
Interactive Visualization of the Scale of the Universe
From a plank length to the size of the known universe, this infographic interactively shows the difference in size between dozens of objects in the universe. By using a scroll bar, you pass through hoops of measurement, traveling past verifiable lengths and beyond the known universe. The smal[...]
March 6th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Uncategorized
Country Codes of the World
This infographic is quite cool. It is common knowledge that the internet, at its most basic form, was created in the United States. The United Kingdom has health documentaries, the third world countries as well, the middle east and China are developing weaponry, and Japan has handheld forms o[...]
March 5th, 2012 - 3:01 pm § in Uncategorized
All roads lead to philosophy, on Wikipedia
This is one of the coolest visualizations I’ve seen in a long time! It theorizes that all wikipedia articles lead back to philosophy, and thus that all ideas lead back to philosophy. This is a great infographic that shows the path of things. The idea of five degrees of separation. Challenge yo[...]